As many Nova Scotians find themselves unable to gather due to physical distancing guidelines, Darren Bezanson is hoping to mitigate the pain by organizing a memorial procession for his friend Joey Webber, one of the 22 victims in last weekend’s rampage.
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As many Nova Scotians find themselves unable to gather due to physical distancing guidelines, Darren Bezanson is hoping to mitigate the pain by organizing a memorial procession for his friend Joey Webber, one of the 22 victims in last weekend’s rampage.
“It’s sad because we can’t get together and share stories or talk to the general public that might want to know about Joe because of the COVID,” he told Day 6.
“But it’s something that we can do to show the support for Joey, his wife, children, sister, brother-in-law, his dad, his step-mom.”
Bezanson says he knew Webber, a 37-year old father of three, “pretty well ever since he was born.”
“I watched Joey grow up, along with his sister, from a young child to the man he was — until Sunday morning.”
Webber was killed while he went out to run an errand for his family.
Bezanson remembered his friend as a kind man who always lent a hand when asked for help.
“The man was always smiling, alwa