Shopping

For Canadian merchandise, stop in at The Trading Post, 226-2nd Ave. S. (tel. 800/653-1769 or 306/653-1769), which carries Inuit soapstone carvings, native-Canadian art, Cowichan sweaters, mukluks, beadwork, and more. Some galleries showing local artists that are worth browsing include the AKA Gallery, 3rd Floor, 12-23rd St. E. (tel. 306/652-0044); the Photographers Gallery, also at 12-23rd St. E. (tel. 306/244-8018); the Arlington Frame Gallery, 265-2nd Ave. S. (tel. 306/244-5922); the Collector's Choice Art Gallery, 625D 1st Ave. N. (tel. 306/665-8300); and the Handmade House Handcraft Store, 710 Broadway Ave. (tel. 306/665-5542), which specializes in crafts.