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It’s just a typical family vacation, right? Unless you’re two attractive royals with two adorable kids on an official visit to Canada’s beautiful West Coast. That’s right, Will and Kate are coming to Canada and over the eight days we have them, they’ll cover plenty of amazing ground. The family will start and end their tour […]

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Couple Kleah Graham and Josh Michnik boxed up their downtown Victoria boutique, Charlie & Lee, and brought it to Vancouver’s Chinatown (223 Union St., 604-558-3030, charlieandlee.com). With this move come a few new things. Joining the racks are lines like Wren, Shakuhachi, Lonely Hearts and Primary New York (designed by their long-time friend, Canadian expat Cleo Schroeder). They’ve devoted a small backroom, dubbed The Studio, to high-end menswear from lines like Rag & Bone, IRO and Suit. The two even launched their own line, C&L Unbranded, as a means of reselling vintage finds and collaborating with artists and craftspeople. 

For the Victoria Day long weekend, it seemed fitting for me to head to, well, Victoria. Before a stop at my favourite taco stand, Red Fish Blue Fish (the spicy Pacific tacones are to DIE for), I popped into Charlie & Lee (charlieandlee.com), where I chatted with owner Josh Michnik about fashion, business, food, and life on the sunny island.