East and Bell Island (2003–2010), dies in office. October 13 – Health Canada added Bisphenol A to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, declaring it as a toxic substance. October 15 – A Nor'easter moves through Atlantic Canada causing power outages and canceling ferry services. October 18 The 2010 Alberta municipal elections take place. The Calgary election is won by Naheed Nenshi, the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a major Canadian city. The home of a gay couple in Little Pond, Prince Edward Island is firebombed. Both men escaped the fire unharmed, but their home was destroyed. In late October and November, a series of rallies and fundraising concerts is held in both Little Pond and Charlottetown to support the couple and to oppose homophobic violence. October 19 – The Quebec government passes through Bill 115 which sets out who qualifies to attend English public school in the province, after more than 20 hours of an emergency debate. October 21 – David Russell Williams is sentenced to two terms of life in prison for the murders of two women, also for other charges including sexual assault. October 25 – The 2010 Ontario municipal elections take place. October 27 – The 2010 Manitoba municipal elections take place. October 26–28 – A severe storm affects most of Canada from Saskatchewan through to Quebec. Heavy snows and school closures were reported in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba while eastern Manitoba and Ontario eastward suffered rain. Winds were strong throughout the entire region, whipping up large waves on the Manitoba lakes and causing flooding along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba. November November 3 Premier Gordon Campbell announces at a conference in Vancouver that he is stepping down as Premier of British Columbia. The federal government rejects BHP Billiton's $40 billion takeover bid for the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. November 4 – Environment minister Jim Prentice announced his retirement from politics, to become a vice chairman of CIBC, in January 2011. November 8–10 – Floods in Southwestern Nova Scotia cause millions of dollars in damage and prompts a state of emergency to be called. November 13 – A single-engine plane crashes near Barrie killing two men. November 15 – Elaine Campione is convicted of the murders her two daughters in Barrie, Ontario, having drowned them in a bathtub in order to stop her ex-husband gaining custody of the