
Front de libération du Québec - Wikipedia
On 13 February 1969, the FLQ set off a powerful bomb that ripped through the Montreal Stock Exchange causing massive destruction and seriously injuring 27 people. After another series …
The FLQ and the October Crisis - The Canadian Encyclopedia
The crisis was the culmination of a long series of terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), a militant Quebec independence movement. Felquistes were …
Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Aug 11, 2013 · The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was a militant Quebec independence movement that used terrorism to try and achieve an independent and socialist Quebec. FLQ …
Timeline of the Front de libération du Québec - Wikipedia
On March 8, three military barracks located in Montreal and Westmount are attacked with FLQ incendiary bombs during the night. In mid-March, the first dynamite stealing was conducted at …
Walter Leja - Wikipedia
On May 17, 1963 he successfully dismantled two bombs that had been planted in mailboxes in Westmount, Quebec by the separatist organization Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). A …
Kidnapping, Murder, Unrest: Quebec's 1970 October Crisis Explained
Mar 16, 2021 · The Globe and Mail reports that between 1963 and 1970, it's estimated that the FLQ was responsible for placing a bomb "somewhere in Québec every 10 days," with eight …
The FLQ employed Marxist rhetoric to attack the capitalist nature of the ruling English-speaking elite and Amencan cultural and economic imperialism. But it was the group’s exoteric appeals …
The October Crisis: Liberty Repressed | Teachers' Zone | Canadian ...
By the end of 1970, the FLQ had launched more than 200 bomb attacks and stolen weapons, explosives and money. FLQ activities caused nine deaths. In October 1970, the FLQ carried …
The FLQ Crisis - Valour Canada
The FLQ Crisis, the most serious terrorist attack on Canadian soil in the country’s history, was kicked off on October 5, 1970, when British Trade Commissioner James Cross was kidnapped …
CIDB - Canadian Incident DataBase
Description: "10/16/1967: A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomb exploded during a strike at the Seven-Up bottling plant in Ville Mont-Royal. The labour conflict at the plant lasted 13 …