Anti-Olympic Torch Light Parade Lights Up the Streets!!!
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:22 — Zig Zag
Revised Report: Some 200 people participated in the Anti-Olympic Torch Light Parade marking the 1-Year Countdown to the 2010 Winter Games on Feb 12, 2009 in downtown Vancouver.
After rallying at Victory Square at 6PM, where a 'Torch of Resistance' was lit and used to burn a Canadian Olympic flag, the demonstration marched to the Queen Elizabeth Thea
Vancouver grapples with drug gangs before Olympics
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:21 — Zig ZagAs official Olympic countdown events occurred throughout the lower mainland, ongoing gang warfare saw numerous shooting incidents and several killings across the region.
DTES Groups Continue Opposition to Police Street Sweeps
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:20 — Zig ZagDTES GROUPS CONTINUE OPPOSITION TO POLICE STREET SWEEPS
PRESS CONFERENCE: Sun Feb 15th at 11 am. Pigeon Park (Carrall & Hastings)
Fears of APEC-style Clash in 2010
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:19 — Zig ZagFears of APEC-style Clash in 2010
Vanoc Unveils 2010 Marijuana Torch
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:18 — Zig ZagVANOC unveils the 2010 Torch (a.k.a B.C.’s giant joint)
By Pina Belperio
February 12, 2009, Word of the Rings blog, rabble.ca
On Feb. 12, the new 2010 torch and torchbearer uniforms were unveiled in Whistler to commemorate the one-year countdown to the 2010 Games.
Social Housing May be Cut at Olympic Pillage
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:18 — Zig Zag
Latest cost overruns may slash social housing in Olympic Village project
CBC News, Monday, February 16, 2009
About 250 social housing units included as part of the Olympic Village project for the 2010 Winter Games may face the axe due to new cost overruns, according to a Vancouver city administrative report.
Olympic Security To Cost $900 Million
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:17 — Zig Zag
Olympic security estimated to cost $900M
CBC News, Thursday, February 19, 2009
The federal and provincial governments have revealed their revised estimates for 2010 Olympic Games security, now pegged at $900 million, or almost five times the amount initially estimated.
BC Civil Liberties Criticize Police Tactics at City Hall
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:16 — Zig ZagNEWS RELEASE, February 19, 2009, For immediate release
BCCLA wants Vancouver 2010 police out of City Hall
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has released an open letter to the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU) asking them to stay out of City Hall for intelligence gathering purposes.
Hiding Olympic Security Costs behind Obama Visit
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:15 — Zig ZagHiding Olympic security costs behind Barack Obama
By Jeff Lee Feb 20, 2009, Vancouver Sun (columnist- Inside the Olympics)
No one should be surprised, I suppose, that the Canadian federal and provincial governments chose Thursday to admit security for the 2010 Olympic Games has skyrocketed to a dizzying $900 million.
Cops 'Community Outreach' to Harass Activists
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:14 — Zig ZagUndercover cops above board says Olympic chief
By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS, Feb 21, 2009
RICHMOND: The chief of the 2010 Winter Olympics security unit said officers trying to open dialogue with anti-Olympics protesters did nothing wrong at a Jan. 22 Vancouver city council meeting.
More on Olympic Security Costs Breakdown
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:14 — Zig ZagOlympic security squad talks Games bucks
By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS, Feb 20, 2009
RICHMOND, B.C.: The cost of personnel for the RCMP-led Olympic security force is just over the original $175 million estimate for all Games security.
Gang Violence Rattles 2010 Olympic City
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:13 — Zig Zag
Gang Violence Rattles 2010 Olympic City
Gang violence rattles 2010 Olympic city
AFP, Feb 22, 2009
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — Gang violence is rattling residents of this Western Canadian metropolis as the city makes final preparations for the February 2010 winter Olympics, say officials.
Beijing's Olympic Building Boom Goes Bust
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:12 — Zig ZagBeijing's Olympic building boom becomes a bust
By Barbara Demick, February 22, 2009, LA Times
Reporting from Beijing -- "Empty," says Jack Rodman, an expert in distressed real estate, as he points from the window of his 40th-floor office toward a silver-skinned prism rising out of the Beijing skyline.
What $6 Billion Could Buy
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:11 — Zig ZagGot $6 billion to spend? Let's luge! Or maybe not
By Pete Mcmartin, Vancouver Sun, February 24, 2009
But by our incomplete tally and with another year to go until the Games (the cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics, not including an added $725 million for security) it's about $6,000,000,000.
Protesters seen as likeliest disruption
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:10 — Zig Zag
Protesters seen as likeliest disruption
The Olympic secretariat's official business plan envisions an environment ripe for demonstrations. Several activist groups hope to make its projections reality
ROD MICKLEBURGH AND STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail, February 26, 2009
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