janelle Author Janelle has been a Kitsilano resident for eight years and currently works and lives in the neighbourhood. Originally from a farming community in Saskatchewan, she is keenly interested in building community and food security. At Kitsilano.ca she shares tidbits on the hyper-local food scene, seasonal recipes and community events. By day, Janelle is a lawyer who works as the Director of Programming at the Pacific Business and Law Institute, a legal education company based in Kitsilano. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UBC. She is currently on maternity leave and looking forward to spending a little more time at the beach and hanging out in the neighbourhood with her family.

January 3, 2012

Escents Aromatherapy opens on West 4th

Escents Aromatherapy, founded by Vancouverite Jacqui MacNeill in 1992, recently opened its ninth location at W 4th and...

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December 26, 2011

Register now for the January Mama and Papa Goose program at Kits House

Mama and Papa Goose is an hour long program put on by the Kitsilano Neighbourhood House for parents and their children...

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December 23, 2011

Visiting Chocolate Arts new digs + Christmas recipe: Dark Chocolate Chunk Cherry Cookies

Chocolate Arts recently moved from its West 4th home to a new location on West 3rd in an effort to join its retail...

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December 21, 2011

18th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival December 21st at Granville Island

The winter solstice marks the gentle shift of our planet’s eternal relationship with the sun. Different cultures...

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December 20, 2011

West 1st and Burrard: Foundlings closes, Manito Luxury Silk opens

Foundlings, a little gift shop filled with candles, jewellery, purses and other little gifts, opened earlier this year...

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December 19, 2011

Three locally-made gift ideas for infants in Kits

For those who don’t yet have families, or haven’t dropped by a baby store in the last decade, baby gifts...

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December 17, 2011

Mysterious “Serai Social Club” closes

For the last year, I have walked by Serai Social Club (Cypress and West 1st) and wondered what exactly this “club”...

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December 17, 2011

Craftworks: stocking stuffers, ornaments and poinsettias for a great cause

Not only does Craftworks (Yew and West 4th) sell adorable, locally made items for the young and old, all of the items...

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December 15, 2011

Head out to the Holiday Farmers Market December 17

I miss having the farmers market in Kits, especially as I begin to plan meals for the holiday festivities. I just...

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December 12, 2011

Two new butchers now open in Kits

  A few years ago the culinary world began a fascination with artisan bread. Much to my delight, we saw artisan...

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