Nova Scotia community of Shelburne rallies to support family of boy killed in dog attack

Conway Hutt says he didn’t know the boy who died in his community after a weekend dog attack, but when he heard about the tragedy he knew there was a family who needed support.

The southwest Nova Scotia scallop fisher put together a fundraising raffle in support of the boy’s family, some of whom he does know. He put up 10 pounds of scallops, which another fisher quickly matched with 10 pounds of lobster. By Tuesday evening, dozens of items had been donated including hundreds of dollars in gift cards, hand-crocheted blankets, and drone photography services.

“As of about 8 o’clock (Tuesday) night, we hit like 80 different items,” Hutt said in an interview Wednesday.