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    Lend-Lease

    Lend-Lease, an Act of the US Congress passed March 1941, providing for the transfer of American war materials to Britain and its allies in return for theoretical deferred payment.

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    Lentil

    Lentil is a small leguminous seed belonging to the Lens culinaris species and the legume (Fabaceae) family.

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    Leo, the Royal Cadet

    Leo, the Royal Cadet. A Canadian 'military' opera in four acts, written in Kingston, Ont. The libretto is by George Frederick Cameron (1854-85) and the music, for chorus, 16 solo voices, and orchestra, was composed ca 1889 by Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann.

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    Leopard 1 Tank

    West Germany introduced the Leopard 1 tank in 1965. It equipped several nations and went through six models (A1 to A6). Canada acquired its first Leopard 1 tanks in 1977 and operated them until 2017. (See also Armaments; Canadian Army.)

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    Les BB

    Les BB (pronounced leh beh-beh like the French “les bébés,” meaning “the babies”) was one of Quebec’s most beloved pop-rock bands of the late-1980s and early-1990s. Band members included Patrick Bourgeois (lead singer and songwriter, guitar, bass), Alain Lapointe (keyboards, backing vocals, guitar, bass), and François Jean (drums). Les BB’s first two albums sold hundreds of thousands of copies and featured several hit singles. The band’s sound typified the high-production quality popular in the pre-grunge pop-rock era. The band was active from 1989 to 1996 and won four Félix Awards in that time. It then reformed in 2004 and was active again until the death of Bourgeois in 2017.

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    Les Coups de théâtre

    The Coups de théâtre was a biannual international festival, that ran from 1992 to 2023. It was dedicated to creating theatre for children and youth and also featured dance, music and visual arts. The Coups de théâtre stood out for the boldness and diversity of its programming, which brought the finest of international playwriting to Montreal, while encouraging the creation of new works, notably through co-productions.

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    Les Cowboys Fringants

    Les Cowboys Fringants are widely considered the most influential and popular Quebec rock band of the 21st century. They are known for their alternative neo-traditional, folk- country and rock style, and for their eco-activism. The name roughly translates as the Frisky (or Dashing) Cowboys. The band has sold more than 1.3 million albums and won 19 Félix Awards, including six for Group of the Year (2003, 2004, 2011, 2020, 2021), three each for Alternative Album (2002, 2003, 2005) and Rock Album (2012, 2016, 2020), and one for Best-Selling Album of the Year (2020). The untimely death of lead singer Karl Tremblay in 2023, at the age of 47, was mourned as a national tragedy in Quebec, similar to the reaction to the death of the Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie in English Canada.

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    Les Disques Audiogram Inc

    Les Disques Audiogram Inc. Recording company founded in Montreal in 1982 by Michel Bélanger, president and director general, who was joined 1986 by Alain Simard (president of FIJM, Spectra Scène and Spectel Vidéo) and Rosaire Archambault (President of Distribution Sélect and Archambault Musique).

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    Les Éboulements Bus Crash

    Canada’s deadliest road accident to date was a single-vehicle bus crash near Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, in the Quebec municipality of Les Éboulements, on Thanksgiving Day, 13 October 1997.

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    Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan

    Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan. Publishing house founded in St-Nicolas near Quebec City in 1977 by Paul Gerrits, member1975-80 of the Trio de guitares Laval.

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    Les Éditions Jacques Ostiguy Inc

    Les Éditions Jacques Ostiguy Inc. Music publishing firm founded in 1978 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que, by Jacques and Claudette Ostiguy. A large section of the catalogue, which numbered 24 entries in 1990, is devoted to works for organ by Canadian composers, a collection directed by Lucien Poirier.

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    Les Éditions Québec-Musique

    Les Éditions Québec-Musique. Publishing company founded in October 1979 by Otto Joachim, François Morel, Serge Garant, André Prévost, Gilles Poirier, and Louise Laplante to publish the music of Quebec composers according to the highest standards.

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    Les Forges Saint-Maurice

    The most technically advanced ironworks in America in their first 100 years, the forges had long been obsolete when shut down in 1883. The plant employed over 100 specialized craftsmen and 300-400 labourers, and produced forged iron and molded products such as pots, pans and stoves.

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    Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal

    Founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal is the most progressive and experimental of Canada’s three big ballet troupes (the National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet being the other two). It is noted for a diverse repertoire that has emphasized new works as well as traditional 19th-century story-ballets and 20th-century classics. The company has also had a strong record of commissioning original works that are often choreographed, composed and designed by Canadians (see also Dance in Canada).

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    Les insolences du Frère Untel

    Les insolences du Frère Untel (The Impertinences of Brother Anonymous) is a collection of pamphleteering texts written in 1960 by Jean-Paul Desbiens (Brother Pierre-Jérôme). The publication criticized the state of culture and education in Quebec at the time. It examined the education system and the omnipresence of the clergy in the public sphere. The book proposed a major political and societal overhaul. It sparked great debate in French-Canadian society. (See also Quiet Revolution.) It provided a framework for a major reform of Quebec’s education system. Les insolences du Frère Untel became Quebec’s number one literary bestseller, selling over 100,000 copies in just a few months.

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