The seafood processing plant in Wallace burned on Dec. 8, 2025. Contributed file photo by Lisa Betts.

‘Amazing response from the community’: Fund helps workers displaced by lobster plant fire in Nova Scotia

by Local Journalism Initiative February 23, 2026

written by Local Journalism Initiative February 23, 2026

By Tom Peters | The Advocate The Wallace and Area Development Association (WADA) has turned over more than $16,000 to Aquashell Holdings Inc. to help cover daily expenses of employees who were put out of work when the Aquashell lobster processing plant in Wallace River, N.S., burned to the ground a ...

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‘Amazing response from the community’: Fund helps workers displaced by lobster plant fire in Nova Scotia

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