You people didn’t even have internet back then and were probably reading by candle light. So I can’t imagine it was that big a deal, gawd.
Seriously though, when I was going through my “true crime documentary watching phase”, I do remember seeing it mentioned in a Son of Sam documentary so I know it was the same summer. That‘s all I know about that.
All Canadians did back in the olden days before the internet was fished and hunt deer from what I’ve read. No electricity, no problem.