Newfoundland community pulling a Grand Seduction, sort of, to lure back former family physician

Ken Kavanagh, Kara O’Keefe and Lorraine Fowler are lobbying, with the rest of Bell Island, to bring back a family physician to the community. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)

Residents of Bell Island in Newfoundland and Labrador are pulling on heartstrings in an attempt to bring back a family physician. 

In an effort reminiscent of The Grand Seduction — a 2013 movie in which a small Newfoundland town tries to entice a doctor to relocate there by using trickery, staged cricket matches and free money left on the community’s wharf — residents are posting memories and support for Dr. Firas Ayar on Facebook to draw the