Pearson was Canada’s 14th Prime Minister, and while he only led government for five years, he had a hand in erecting some of this country’s lasting modern pillars. The Maple Leaf flag. Universal ...

Lester B. Pearson was the Canadian Minister of External Affairs when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis. Pictured here, Pearson displaying the Nobel ...

The Suez Canal was at the centre of an armed crisis ... in office from 1963 to 1968. Paul Martin, Lester B. Pearson and Louis St-Laurent are seen in Ottawa, on Dec. 17, 1957, after Pearson's ...

The catalyst was the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian ... decided to retake control of the canal by force. Led by its minister of foreign affairs, Lester B. Pearson, Canada played ...

On this date in 1957, then Canadian external affairs minister Lester B Pearson received a telegram ... decided to unilaterally nationalize the Suez Canal . The canal had been built and operated ...

Based on his book, Antony Anderson will present a talk on how Canada’s greatest diplomat, Lester Pearson helped solve the 1956 Suez Crisis. In the process, Pearson persuaded the UN General ...

LESTER B. PEARSON was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He was previously Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1947 to 1958. For his efforts to organize a United Nations ...

Fifty years ago today, for his contribution to the resolution of the 1956 Suez crisis, Lester Bowles Pearson was formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He remains the only Canadian ...

Another engineer has confirmed that a Sandy Hill building once home to Lester B. Pearson should be torn ... peacekeeping operation during the Suez Crisis. Pearson became prime minister in 1963.

Fifty years ago today, for his contribution to the resolution of the 1956 Suez crisis, Lester Bowles Pearson was formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He remains the only Canadian ...