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Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, murdered by FLQ terrorists
Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, murdered by FLQ terrorists

Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, murdered by FLQ terrorists

Date10/20/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte; murdered by FLQ terrorists.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120361F
Toronto Mourns Pierre Laporte, A memorial service for Pierre Laporte, the Quebec minister of labor murdered by terrorists last Saturday, was attended (...)
Toronto Mourns Pierre Laporte, A memorial service for Pierre Laporte, the Quebec minister of labor murdered by terrorists last Saturday, was attended (...)
10/20/1970
About 2,000 people attended memorial service at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, who was murdered by FLQ ter(...)
About 2,000 people attended memorial service at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday for Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, who was murdered by FLQ ter(...)
10/20/1970
Showing up for work, British diplomat James Cross, freed after being held hostage for 60 days by Quebec FLQ terrorists, leaves Foreign Office in Londo(...)
Showing up for work, British diplomat James Cross, freed after being held hostage for 60 days by Quebec FLQ terrorists, leaves Foreign Office in Londo(...)
12/9/1970
Flq negotiator: Jacques Ferron, author and physician, is shown above in 1970 when he negotiated the conditions of arrest of Front de liberation du Quebec terrorists Paul Rose, and two others
Flq negotiator: Jacques Ferron, author and physician, is shown above in 1970 when he negotiated the conditions of arrest of Front de liberation du Quebec terrorists Paul Rose, and two others
12/28/1970
Silent and Grieving, mourners watch Pierre Laporte's funeral cortege leave Notre Dame Church for Cote des Neiges Cemetery, Quebec Premier Robert Boura(...)
Silent and Grieving, mourners watch Pierre Laporte's funeral cortege leave Notre Dame Church for Cote des Neiges Cemetery, Quebec Premier Robert Boura(...)
10/20/1970
A Minute's silence is observed at yesterday's football game at CNE Stadium for Pierre Laporte, Quebec labor minister, who was slain Saturday by terror(...)
A Minute's silence is observed at yesterday's football game at CNE Stadium for Pierre Laporte, Quebec labor minister, who was slain Saturday by terror(...)
10/18/1970
The flags come down as a security guard in Montreal, atop a public building, lowers both Canadian and Quebec provincial flags to half-staff in mourning for Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte
The flags come down as a security guard in Montreal, atop a public building, lowers both Canadian and Quebec provincial flags to half-staff in mourning for Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte
1/1/1970
Ready for guard duty after being called on by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa to provide protection for people and public buildings from terrorists, tw(...)
Ready for guard duty after being called on by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa to provide protection for people and public buildings from terrorists, tw(...)
10/14/1970
Ready for Guard Duty after being called on by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa to provide protection for people and public buildings from terrorists, tw(...)
Ready for Guard Duty after being called on by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa to provide protection for people and public buildings from terrorists, tw(...)
10/15/1970
Policemen Guard FLQ Terrorist suspects at Inquest into death of bombing victim, But FLQ terrorists aren't the real enemy of confederation in Quebec - they're merely playing tragically with violence
Policemen Guard FLQ Terrorist suspects at Inquest into death of bombing victim, But FLQ terrorists aren't the real enemy of confederation in Quebec - they're merely playing tragically with violence
10/23/1963
The fingerprint of Bernard Lortie (left) was the only fingerprint found in the car in whose trunk Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte's body was disc(...)
The fingerprint of Bernard Lortie (left) was the only fingerprint found in the car in whose trunk Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte's body was disc(...)
1/4/1971
Training a Machine-Gun on the crowds below, soldiers stand guard on a rooftop while dignitaries arrive at Notre Dame Church for the funeral of murdere(...)
Training a Machine-Gun on the crowds below, soldiers stand guard on a rooftop while dignitaries arrive at Notre Dame Church for the funeral of murdere(...)
10/20/1970