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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Jules Léger

Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau

Premier Of Alberta - Peter Lougheed

Premier Of British Columbia - W.R. Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Edward Schreyer

Premier Of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield

Premier Of Newfoundland - Frank Moores

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Gerald Regan

Premier Of Ontario - Bill Davis

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell

Premier Of Quebec - Robert Bourassa then René Lévesque

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

EVENTS

January 14 - The Eaton's catalogue is discontinued.

January 28 - The government of Saskatchewan takes over the provinces Potash industry.

February 4 - The Supreme Court rules provinces cannot censor movies.

February 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs star Darryl Sittler scores ten points in one game.

February 7 - Joe Clark is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada replacing Robert Stanfield .

April 1 - The CRTC is given the power to regulate Canadian television and radio.

April 15 - Dome Petroleum is given approval to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea .

May 2 - Time Magazine 's Canadian edition is discontinued.

June 25 - The CN Tower opens in Toronto .

June 30 - Parliament votes to abolish the Death Penalty .

July 17 - The 1976 Summer Olympics open in Montreal .

October 14 - Over a million workers stage a one day strike to protest wage and price controls.

November 15 - In the Quebec Election , René Lévesque 's Parti Québécois wins a majority, defeating Robert Bourassa 's Parti Libéral Du Québec .

November 25 - René Lévesque becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa.

The Timbit is introduced.

News media: '' L'Express De Toronto '' created

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

Marian Engel - ''Bear''

Hugh Hood - ''Dark Glasses''

Joy Fielding - ''The Transformation''

Farley Mowat - ''Canada North Now: The Great Betrayal''

See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''The Luck of the Irish''

'' The Man Who Skied Down Everest '' becomes the first Canadian film to win an Academy Award

Second City Television premiers

BIRTHS

January 7 - Eric Gagne , baseball player

January 25 - Mia Kirshner , actor

February 19 - Brian Price , Olympic rower

February 23 - Jeff O'Neill , hockey player

March 9 - Ben Mulroney , television personality

March 23 - Nolan Baumgartner , hockey player

May 10 - Kristen French , murder victim

May 13 - Jeff Powell , Olympic rower

May 19 - Jason Botterill , hockey player

June 10 - James Moore , politician

June 26 - Ed Jovanovski , hockey player

July 1 - Leslie Mahaffy , murder victim

July 3 - Wade Belak , hovkey player

July 12 - Dan Boyle , hockey player

July 13 - Sheldon Souray , ice hockey player

August 5 - Jeff Friesen , hockey player

August 17 - Eric Boulton , hockey player

August 27 - Sarah Chalke , actor

September 13 - Jose Theodore , hockey goaltender

September 17 - Zac Bierk , hockey goalie

October 1 - Denis Gauthier , hockey player

October 7 - Rachel McAdams , actor

October 10 - Shane Doan , hockey player

November 20 - Laura Harris , actor

December 26 - Jake Wetzel , Olympic rower

Big Ben , race horse

DEATHS

Roy Thomson , newspaper publisher

Olive Palmer , wife of John Diefenbaker

Réal Caouette , longtime leader of the '' Créditistes '', and leader of the Social Credit Party Of Canada