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The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. As a response to this, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act. It was the first time in Canadian history the Act was used during peacetime. The Premier of Quebec, Robert Bourassa, and the Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, supported Trudeau's invocation of the War Measures Act, which limited civil liberties and granted the police far-reaching powers, allowing them to arrest and detain 497 people. The Government of Quebec also requested military aid to the civil power, and Canadian Forces were deployed throughout Quebec. The military s

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The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. As a response to this, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act. It was the first time in Canadian history the Act was used during peacetime. The Premier of Quebec, Robert Bourassa, and the Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, supported Trudeau's invocation of the War Measures Act, which limited civil liberties and granted the police far-reaching powers, allowing them to arrest and detain 497 people. The Government of Quebec also requested military aid to the civil power, and Canadian Forces were deployed throughout Quebec. The military supported the civil authorities of Quebec. Although the kidnappers murdered Laporte, negotiations led to Cross's release. The crisis carried on until December and affected the province of Quebec, Canada, especially the metropolitan area of Montreal. At the time, opinion polls in Quebec and throughout Canada demonstrated widespread support for the use of the War Measures Act. At the time, the response was criticized by prominent politicians such as René Lévesque and Tommy Douglas. After the events of 1970, movements that pushed for electoral votes as a means to attain autonomy and independence grew stronger. Support for the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, which formed the provincial government in 1976, also rose.
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Troll (film)
Troll is a 1986 American comedy horror film directed by John Carl Buechler and produced by Charles Band of Empire Pictures, starring Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck and Sonny Bono. The film was shot in Italy in the Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini studios near Rome.

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The Sunda thrush (Zoothera andromedae) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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