Bregha: Why Ottawa's Pearson House is worth saving

Lester B. Pearson won Canada’s first and only Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his contribution to resolving the Suez Canal crisis. At the time, Pearson lived with his wife, Maryon, in a modest duplex at 231 Cobourg Ave. in Sandy Hill. The house went through different hands until the Ugandan government purchased it in the late 1980s to serve as its High Commission to Canada. About four years ago, a lack of proper maintenance forced the High Commission to move to an office on Sparks Street. Th