OTTAWA—It’s something like an “Anne of Green Gables” story in a 21st-century setting. Instead of “sending word” to Nova Scotia for a boy to help with farm chores as Marilla Cuthbert did in the beloved children’s classic, two Cape Breton sisters posted an advertisement on their Facebook page to attract employees for their family-owned business.

Heather Coulombe (L) and Sandee MacLean outside the Farmer's Daughter Country Market. Courtesy of Heather Coulombe





