My quest to identify the 528 men who rebuilt Centre Block

The hundreds of men who helped rebuild Centre Block, pictured in 1917.Photograph courtesy: 1917 photo, photographer Harold A. Briggs, courtesy of Ron Bujold.

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BY DEBBIE MURPHY

February 1, 2016

OTTAWA—When I saw this amazing photo of the hundreds of men who helped rebuild the Centre Block after the 1916 fire hanging on a wall just outside the washrooms in the basement of Irene’s Pub in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood, I was in awe. So I returned a few days later to find the man who h...

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