Octane - Jan 2018

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COVER STORY

Local pride

New owners reinvent 107-year-old Willows Park Grocery Text and photography by Lawrence Herzog

When Karen and Bruce Singbeil bought a historic Victoria-area convenience store last fall, they knew they wanted to build on its deep local connections. Operating since 1911, Willows Park Grocery is the longest-running business in the municipality of Oak Bay and perhaps the secondoldest grocery store in continuous operation in the region.

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