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  Bernard Lortie
Bernard Lortie of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a member of the Chenier cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group.
On October 10, 1970, Bernard Lortie’s Chenier cell of the terrorism group kidnapped and murdered Quebec Vice-Premier and Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte.
Besides Lortie, the Chenier Cell of the FLQ terrorist group consisted of Francis Simard, the cell leader Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Bernard_Lortie.html   (265 words)

  
 Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath - Quebec History
Bernard Lortie was found guilty of kidnapping Pierre Laporte.
Bernard Lortie was sentenced to 20 years of jail for his part in the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte.
Lortie was sentenced to five months in jail for refusing to testify.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/chronos/october.htm   (8023 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Bernard Lortie": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bernard Lortie was convicted of kidnapping Laporte, and Jacques Rose was convicted as an accessory.
Laporte: Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie were awaiting trial;...
Simard, Francis, Bernard Lortie, Jacques Rose, and Paul Rose.
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 Francis Simard
Francis Simard became involved in revolutionary activities in 1969 when he campaigned against the existence of McGill University, Montreal's English University.
In addition to Simard, the murderous Chenier Cell of the FLQ terrorist groups, consisted of its leader, Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie.
On May 20, 1971, Simard was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of Pierre Laporte.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fr/Francis_Simard.html   (297 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: FLQ Separatist Seized, Confesses to Kidnapping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Police arrested Bernard Lortie, a 19-year-old student and a member of the Chernier cell of the Front de Liberation du Quebec, in an apartment near Montreal University last Friday.
He also confirmed that three of the four prime suspects now being sought in connection with the case are members of the Chernier cell and that they too took part in Laporte's abduction.
Lortie's capture and confession mark the first substantive government success in uncovering the membership of the FLQ.
www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=354138   (363 words)

  
 Story:Trudeau Invokes War Measures Act - Canadawiki
November 6, 1970 Police raid the hideout of the Chénier cell, and arrest Bernard Lortie; other cell members escape.
With Bernard Lortie, they are charged with kidnapping and murder.
Bernard Lortie was sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping.
www.canadawiki.org /index.php/Story:Trudeau_Invokes_War_Measures_Act   (697 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Jacques Rose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1970, Jacques Rose's Chenier cell of the terrorism group kidnapped and murdered Quebec Vice Premier and Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte.
The Chenier Cell of the FLQ terrorist group consisted of Jacques Rose, his brother, Paul Rose, the Cell's leader, Bernard Lortie, and Francis Simard.
Before the end of 1970, twenty-three members of the FLQ were in jail, including four convicted murderers, and one member had been killed by his own bomb.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Jacques_Rose   (398 words)

  
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22 November 1971: Bernard Lortie is sentenced to 20 years in jail for his part in the kidnapping of Laporte.
According to prosecution sources, Bernard Lortie, the witness required to sentence Rose, had refused to testify.
Lortie was sentenced to five months in jail for not testifying.
www.mcgill.ca /files/maritimelaw/E.doc   (4482 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Search
Lortie - In 1963, the FLQ was organized and trained in terrorism by...
Lortie’s Chenier cell of the terrorism group kidnapped and murdered...
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 Wikinfo | Paul Rose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Paul Rose's involvement in the Quebec nationalist group began in 1968 after meeting Jacques Lanctôt, a member of the FLQ, during an anti-Trudeau (Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau) rally at the St.
The Chenier Cell of the FLQ terrorist group consisted of Paul Rose; his brother, Jacques Rose; Bernard Lortie; and Francis Simard.
On March 31, 1971, Paul Rose was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Pierre Laporte.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Paul_Rose   (360 words)

  
 FLQ on CBC (English only)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
10) Bernard Lortie was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
For this offence, a judge sentenced Rhéal Mathieu to one month in jail in addition to the nine months he had already been held.
Bernard Lortie (Bernard Lortie: bernard lortie of montreal, quebec, canada was a member of the chenier cell of the...
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4 days later the polioce raided a hideout of the Chenier cell, they arrested Bernard Lortie.
Paul and Jacques Rose, Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie.
Many other people were charged with conspiracy and accessories aft the fact.
www.angelfire.com /punk4/flq/october.html   (409 words)

  
 Daily Pundit Individual Archive
Of the cell that kidnapped and murdered Laporte, members Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie were granted parole in 1978, Francis Simard and Paul Rose in 1982 — just 11 years after conviction.
One accomplice went on to join Quebec’s legal aid office and became a Quebec court judge.
Simard was a member of the Chenier F.L.Q. cell who, together with his fellow terrorists, Paul and Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie, seized Quebec's deputy premier and labour minister, Pierre Laporte...
www.dailypundit.com /newarchives/003686.php   (984 words)

  
 Committee for the Republic of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Paul Rose, Jacques Rose and Francis Simard (presumed to be members alongside Bernard Lortie of the Chénier cell, while Marc Carbonneau and Jacques Lanctôt were part of the Libération cell holding James Cross) had been on police files and monitored since no later than 1968.
The three had been in Texas (or perhaps Mexico) since September 1970, and had raced back to Quebec after James Cross was kidnapped.
31st March 1971: Paul Rose, Bernard Lortie and Francis Simard are sentenced to life imprisonment.
comiterepubliquecanada.ca /English/Articles/1970en.htm   (2824 words)

  
 FreeAlberta.com: For An Independent Alberta
Jacques Rose was acquitted and then charged after the fact and paroled in 1978.
Bernard Lortie was sentenced to 20 years for his part in murder and kidnapping, and paroled in 7 years.
Francis Simard was sentenced for murder, paroled in 1982, and has made a living off writing about his terrorist acts.
www.freealberta.com /trudeau.html   (3639 words)

  
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Trudeau instituted the War Measures Act in an overreaction to a miserable little Communist cabal in Montreal.
The Government of Quebec had more than enough expertise and equipment to ferret out terrorist kidnappers Bernard Lortie, the brothers Paul and Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard, but, in typically liberal intemperateness, Trudeau, with his famous words, "Just watch me!," brought the federal fist down.
That War Measures Act hung on for an excessively long time after the arrests were made.
www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0405/0405twofaces.txt   (925 words)

  
 Quebec terrorists FLQ kidnapped 2 & began the Oct crisis -- the Crime Library - The Crime library
Quebec terrorists FLQ kidnapped 2 & began the Oct crisis -- the Crime Library - The Crime library
On Nov. 6, police acting on a tip raided the hideout of the Chenier cell and arrested Bernard Lortie.
The Rose brothers and Simard managed to escape -- and promptly delivered a taunting communique that belittled police for their ineptitude.
www.crimelibrary.com /terrorists_spies/terrorists/flq/12.html   (598 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: Series
6: The police search an apartment in Montreal's west end and arrest Laporte kidnapper Bernard Lortie.
His accomplices, brothers Paul and Jacques Rose and Francis Simard, hide in a compartment built behind a wardrobe and later escape.
1978: Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie are granted parole.
www.theglobeandmail.com /series/trudeau/jgray2_sep30.html   (3526 words)

  
 TIME.com: Canada: End of a Bad Dream -- Dec. 14, 1970 -- Page 1
Incredibly, 19 days passed before anyone got around to tracing the number.
Sure enough, when the police finally did so, they nabbed another suspect, Bernard Lortie, who admitted his role in the Laporte kidnaping and even named his accomplices.
But he neglected to reveal that the accomplices were in the house all the time he was talking, hiding behind a false wall in a closet.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,944200,00.html   (763 words)

  
 Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Therrien (Re)
Richard Therrien’s sister was, however, a friend of Jacques Rose.
From October 17 to November 6, 1970, Paul Rose, Jacques Rose, Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie, the four F.L.Q. members associated with the kidnapping of the minister Pierre Laporte, hid in that apartment.
Richard Therrien’s involvement in these events was quite minor: he stayed in the apartment with them for only a few nights, preferring to keep his distance.
scc.lexum.umontreal.ca /en/2001/2001scc35/2001scc35.html   (10405 words)

  
 QUEBEC HISTORY - 1900 - 2003
Premier Bernard Landry of Quebec, who has yet to be elected by the people, proclaimed Quebec as a Nation State with Quebec City as the National Capital, not Ottawa.
Bernard Landry took time to remove one foot from his mouth to issue another infamous quote, "We are not for sale.
Quebec will not prostitute itself for bits of red rag (The Canadian Flag) or for anything else."
www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/french44.htm   (3647 words)

  
 report1
However this was not the same group of people
Lortie) a group which called themselves the Charnier Cell.
On November 6, Bernard Lortie was arrested when the police raided the hiding place of
people.stu.ca /~gwlzm/report1.htm   (2040 words)

  
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Montreal Quebec - FLQ terrorist Paul Rose given a life sentence for the non-capital murder of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis of 1970.
His brother Jacques Rose, Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie also sentenced.
In November, Rose also gets additional life term for kidnapping Laporte; granted full parole in 1982.
www1.sympatico.ca /news/otd/otd.98.03.13.html   (1637 words)

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