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October 6, 2008

Clothing Store Closures on West 4th

A couple of months ago I noticed some letters posted on the door of Orange County (2004 West 4th @ Maple). Legal...

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October 3, 2008

“Positively Certain… Sometimes, Maybe” at Newly Opened Nyree Hazelton Arts

The Pulse sales centre closed a while ago, and in its place has come a beautiful looking art gallery. Owner Nyree...

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September 25, 2008

Flok to Broadway

Accessory store Karisma closed down a while ago (2870 West Broadway @ MacDonald), and has now given way to Flok....

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September 21, 2008

Best Neighbourhood and Then Some

It’s that time of year again: the Georgia Straight‘s Best of Vancouver 2008. For the umpteenth time in a...

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September 18, 2008

Zulu Records

The entertaining new blog on the block Vancity Buzz did a nice job today of profiling one of Kitsilano’s...

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September 18, 2008

TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup in Kits

What started as a small grassroots cleanup organized by four Vancouver Aquarium employees in 1993, has grown to become...

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September 17, 2008

5% of Capers’ Sales go to Food Bank Today

If you need to stock up on some groceries, you may as well do so at Capers today. Capers and its mothership Whole Foods...

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September 12, 2008

Paws for a Cause this Sunday at Vanier Park

This Sunday, September 14th, Scotiabank and BCSPCA host the Vancouver/Burnaby Paws for a Cause walk at Vanier Park. In...

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September 10, 2008

Tour de Fun comes through Kits

To kick-start a new season of Climate Cafés meets, the Climate Cafés Collective has organized the Tour de Fun, a...

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September 10, 2008

Taraxca Sterling Silver Opening on 4th

With the flurry of new restaurants setting up shop in the 1800 block of West 4th, one would almost forget there is...

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