Canadian couple marry as fire destroys resort

They say that if it rains on your wedding day, it's a sign of good luck. So what does it mean when your wedding venue goes up in flames on your big day? For one Nova Scotia couple, the fire that destroyed the resort where they planned to wed just made the day even more unforgettable. Nancy Rogers says she was putting on her wedding dress on Saturday afternoon in one of the small cabins at the popular White Point resort near Liverpool, N.S., when she learned that a fire was racing through the main building where the reception was to be held.

The 32-year-old and her family were quickly whisked out, while 60 firefighters moved in to try to save the main building, which housed hotel rooms, a restaurant, conference rooms and the swimming pool. Meanwhile, her fiancé, Michael, was just getting the news. "One of my aunts came into my parents' cottage to say, ‘Have you heard? The place is on fire'," Michael said.



The mostly-wooden main building was completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters spent more than six hours fighting the fire, but the 83-year-old structure was completely destroyed. After realizing that the dream wedding they had been planning for months was not going to happen as planned, Nancy Rogers says she and Michael decided that they wanted to go ahead and tie the knot anyway.

"We still wanted to get married. If we had to get married on the side of the road, we were getting married on the side of the road. We were getting married. That was all there was to it," she says. Staff at the resort moved the couple and their 45 guests to another building, and the ceremony went ahead. Afterward, the couple posed for some wedding pictures with the burning resort in the background. Even though the fire ruined her fairy-tale day, Nancy wonders whether it might be a sign there is still a happily ever after to come.