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Newfoundland and Labrador residents from Morocco are still watching and waiting for updates on a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the North African country on Friday, killing more than 2,000 people.
Some families describe driving from Gander or Corner Brook and staying overnight in St. John's to buy Arabic products to cook with. But that's changed since business owner Mohamed Kasmi started putting ingredients on a bus.
Without a car, I realized the closest grocery store was at least a 25-minute (uphill) walk, and the closest corner store at least 15. What happened to the family-run grocery stores of St. John's?