The Unsung Hero of the Halifax Explosion: Dr. Clement Courtenay Ligoure (1887-1922)
Long before Halifax rebuilt itself after the Explosion, Dr. Clement Ligoure was already doing the work—treating the injured by lamplight from a small private hospital on North Street. He never turned anyone away. He never closed his doors. And yet, for decades, his name was missing from the city’s official memory of that day.