‘Love Wins:’ How a N.S. Town Collaborated to Protect Kidnapped Women in Africa

A Love Won sign is shown at the Amherst Regional High School athletics awards night in Amherst, N.S., in this handout photo. HO - Amherst Regional High School, Aaron Stubbert/The Canadian Press

AMHERST, N.S.—Simple signs with a pair of blue hearts capture a small town’s sentiments over the rescue of two young Maritime women from kidnappers in Ghana.

A sign on the main street of Amherst, N.S., declares, “Love wins,” and placards have appeared in windows saying “Love won.”