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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

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

Date1/1/1970
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  • 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
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120335F
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