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Health food store closes in Tofino NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
Green Soul Organics, Tofino’s organic grocery store located in the Cedar Corner building on Fourth and Campbell Street, closed permanently last week after serving the community for 10 years. Shop manager Katrina Peters worked her last day at the natural health food store on Sept. 6. Peters, who has been on the Green Soul team for over seven years, said she was shocked when she found out in July that the lease had been terminated and they had two months to vacate the space. “It was more than just a job. It was a lifestyle. A passion. I love supporting organic farms,” said Peters. On Aug. 11, Green Soul owner Morgan Callison announced on the store’s Facebook Page NORA O’MALLEY PHOTO that the landlord, Dylan Green, had terminated CLAYOQUOT SALMON FESTIVAL: Central Westcoast Forest Society project manager Kaylyn Kwasnecha and Friends of Clayoquot Sound staffer Jeh Custerra get ready to give the her lease. “I have paid approximately half a million Centennial Creek stream some tender loving care on Friday. Once a fish bearing creek that supported wild salmon populations, Centennial is now degraded due to urban developdollars in rent in this building,” Callison wrote. ment. The volunteers planted trees and cleared invasive plants to help restore the ecological integrity of the watershed. See more photos of the restoration project on Page 11. “[The landlord] can do this, because, unfortunately I did not have a secure long-term lease with the space. When my long-term lease had come up for renewal, it just got turned over to a month-to-month lease without any discussion between myself and my landlord. I realize this was a result in a lack on involvement in my Health officer urges caution Date set for Nov. 2. own business at that time.” Continued on A3
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