31 – Citing health, Denise Savoie resigns as MP for Victoria. September 4 – The Parti Québécois win a minority government in the 2012 Quebec general election, with the Quebec Liberal Party coming in a close second. A shooting takes place during Premier-Designate Pauline Marois's victory speech at the Parti Québécois rally, killing one man and injuring another. September 6 – 60th anniversary of CBC Television. September 7 – The government, saying Iran is a "threat to global peace", closes the Canadian embassy in Iran and gives Iranian diplomats five days to leave Canada. September 19 – Pauline Marois is sworn in as premier of Quebec, following a general election, becoming Quebec's first female premier, and the first time in Canada that five provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until February 2013). September 21 – A state funeral is held for former premier of Alberta Peter Lougheed, at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary. September 24 – An outbreak of E. coli causes at least four illnesses in Alberta, a massive beef recall, and the temporary shutdown of XL Foods in Brooks, Alberta. September 26 – A controversial motion (M-312) to re-open the abortion debate is defeated in the House of Commons, with members voting 203–91 against it. October to December October 2 – A wildfire strikes Vita, Manitoba, destroying at least four houses and one bridge. October 10 – Suicide of Amanda Todd. October 18 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission rejects BCE's bid to take over Astral Media, citing that the deal would have given the company too much market power. October 25 Eight children are injured when a van crashes into a classroom in St. Paul, Alberta. One of the children died in hospital the next day. Wawa, Ontario, is forced to declare a state of emergency after severe flooding washes out several roadways in the municipality, including sections of both Highway 17 (the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway) and Highway 101. The Supreme Court upholds the election result in Etobicoke Centre, with Conservative MP Ted Opitz keeping his seat. October 26 – 20th anniversary of the referendum of Charlottetown Accord. October 27 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Moresby Island. A small tsunami occurred not long after the quake. November 2 – Judith Guichon becomes Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, replacing Steven Point. November 5 – Gérald Tremblay