Young Ae Lee and Min Soon Lee, owners of Eben Convenience Store in Winnipeg — a shop destroyed in a fire that closed down Portage Avenue for two days — say they’re past the initial shock of having lost everything and are looking forward to moving on.
The two spoke to CBC in Korean, having their son Kevin Lee do the translation while standing on the corner of Langside Street and Portage Avenue in front of the burned-down shop where they kept many of their possessions and spent most of their days.
“They’re very sad to just see their business of 24 years in
