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On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970
On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970

On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970

Date10/16/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120338F
Trying to co-operate on the tightened security measures in Montreal, a city policeman ferrying a Canadian Forces soldier to a guard post gropes for ke(...)
Trying to co-operate on the tightened security measures in Montreal, a city policeman ferrying a Canadian Forces soldier to a guard post gropes for ke(...)
10/17/1970
Troops poured into Montreal to guard public buildings shortly before police raids began last Friday under the War Measures Act invoked by Primer Minister Trudeau, who has vowed to smash FLQ
Troops poured into Montreal to guard public buildings shortly before police raids began last Friday under the War Measures Act invoked by Primer Minister Trudeau, who has vowed to smash FLQ
10/18/1970
Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)
Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)
10/23/1970
War Measures Act didn't come a moment too soon
War Measures Act didn't come a moment too soon
10/25/1970
On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal a(...)
On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal a(...)
10/15/1970
Sharing their guard duties, a Montreal city policeman, a detective in plain clothes and a uniformed soldier from the Van Doos regiment, wearing a camo(...)
Sharing their guard duties, a Montreal city policeman, a detective in plain clothes and a uniformed soldier from the Van Doos regiment, wearing a camo(...)
10/15/1970
Fuelled for Cuba trip, a Canadian Forces Yukon transport plane stands waiting on the tarmac at the northwest corner of Dorval airfield, just outside M(...)
Fuelled for Cuba trip, a Canadian Forces Yukon transport plane stands waiting on the tarmac at the northwest corner of Dorval airfield, just outside M(...)
1/1/1970
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
10/20/1970
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
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
Prime Minister Trudeau leaves House of Commons with police escort after MPs voted 190-16 on Monday to support invoking of the War Measures Act [Incomplete]
Prime Minister Trudeau leaves House of Commons with police escort after MPs voted 190-16 on Monday to support invoking of the War Measures Act [Incomplete]
10/19/1970
Sending Troops into Montreal in 1970 boosted support for Liberal government
Sending Troops into Montreal in 1970 boosted support for Liberal government
10/20/1970