The Canadian Red Cross says the fire caused extensive damage to the old building on Water Street, and the organization's volunteers helped nine of the 11 tenants with emergency lodging, clothing and food.
And every Thursday she shares the news with fishermen, farmers, townsmen and villagers up and down the salt-sprayed coast where Canada started. She owns and edits the weekly Digby, Nova Scotia, Courier, which tells it like it is or most of it.