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Background: PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS IN OTTAWA AT NIGHT BECOMES A HIVE OF ACTIVITY AS ELEANOR MILNE, CANADA'S OFFICIAL SCULPTOR AND HER SIX ASSISTANTS SETTLE DOWN IN THE LONG CORRIDORS TO FINISH THE STONEWORK IN THE BUILDINGS.

WHEN THE CENTRE BLOCK OF PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WERE REBUILT AFTER A FIRE IN 1916 THE ARCHITECTS LEFT A NUMBER OF BLOCKS OF STONE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING FOR FUTURE SCULPTORS TO WORK ON. EVEN TODAY DOZENS OF THESE BLOCKS HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED - DESPITE THE WORK OF MANY SCULPTORS OVER THE PAST FORTY-FIVE YEARS.

MISS MILNE HAS BEEN CANADA'S OFFICIAL STONE CARVER SINCE 1962 - AND SHE'S THE ONLY WOMAN WHO HAS HELD THAT POSITION...