After 72 years serving the Cloverdale community in Surrey, B.C., Clover Lanes five-pin bowling alley has shut its doors for the final time, but will be reborn soon as a church. 

“COVID hit and it took every breath of our business and it left the business in ashes … the banks needed their money … so we had no choice,” former co-owner Rozy Karim said.

With tear-filled eyes and a shaky voice, Karim said she and her son Sameer Karim took over the business three years ago with

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