Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1980 in Canada, other events of 1981, 1982 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Arts and Literature 3 Births 4 Deaths Events January 1 - Gasoline is sold by the litre rather than the gallon February 5 - More than three hundred men are arrested after police sweeps of Toronto bathhouses. The arrests create an outcry among Canada's homosexual population. March 19 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a majority July 17 – The government of British Columbia named a 2,639-metre (8,658 foot) peak in the Rocky Mountains after Terry Fox. July 30 – The 83-kilometre (52 mile) section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Ontario where Terry Fox was forced to end his run, was re-named in his honour September 1 - Quebec's French language sign law comes into effect September 1 - The Albertan and federal governments sign an energy agreement September 28 - Calgary is awarded the 1988 Winter Olympics October 16 - Canada Post becomes a crown corporation. November 5 - Canadian government and all provinces, except Quebec, agree on how to patriate the Canadian Constitution November 13 - The the Canadarm is first deployed aboard the Space Shuttle November 17 - James Lee becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Angus MacLean November 30 - Howard Pawley becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Sterling Lyon Power Corporation sells Canada Steamship Lines Inc to Paul Martin and Laurence Pathy Arts and Literature New Works Margaret Atwood - True Stories Bill Bissett - Northern Birds in Coulour W.O. Mitchell - How I Spent My Summer Holidays Gordon R. Dickson - Lost Dorsai Nancy Huston - Les Variations Goldberg Awards See 1981 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.D. Valgardson, Gentle Sinners Gerald Lampert Award: Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House Marian Engel Award: Pat Lowther Award: M. Travis Lane, Divinations and Short Poems 1973-1978 Stephen Leacock Award: Gary Lautens, Take My Family...Please! John Vicky Metcalf Award: Monica Hughes Film David Cronenberg's Scanners is released James Cameron's Piranha II: The Spawning, his first directing effort, is released Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains is released Births January 21 - Dany Heatley, hockey player Deaths June 28 - Terry Fox, cancer activist December 28 - Allan Dwan early film director This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.