More hot air from the Indian Act chiefs, threatening polite anti-Olympic protests unless the government pays them more...
Native leaders won't rule out Olympic action
By Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail, Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Appointing Aboriginal adviser on torch relay won't halt protests: activist
Adrian Wyld, Canadian Press, September 3rd 2009
Residents claim eviction is Olympics-related
CBC News, cbc.ca, September 5, 2009
Residents of a vermin-infested hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say their landlord is trying to evict them to make room for Olympic business.
Rat-infested hotel has no right to evict tenants, says city
By Doug Ward, VANCOUVER SUN, September 8, 2009
VANCOUVER -- The City of Vancouver is urging tenants of a Downtown Eastside hotel to stay put in their vermin-infested units despite an eviction notice issued by their landlord.
Olympic school program launch coincides with cuts
By Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Olympic programs not a hit with teachers, school boards
By Kimberly Shearon, The Province, September 9, 2009
The B.C. government rolled out its Olympic education programs yesterday to less than enthusiastic support from teachers and school boards. The province spent $550,000 during the past three years developing the programs.
NORAD exercise planned for west coast
Helen Lenskyj's Presentation at UBC
Two corporate media articles on Helen Lenskyj's recent presentation at the University of BC regarding the Olympic industry. Jeff Lee's article is crap but a good example of the pro-Olympic slant he takes while attempting to appear as a real journalist (haha)...
Vanoc to provide protesting pens during Olympics
B.C. Civil Liberties Association will train legal observers
By Damian Inwood, The Province, September 16, 2009
Vancouver 2010 plans to set up protest pens outside Games venues "in plain sight of the media and public."
ISU making house calls in Mount Currie
Olympic investigators are identifying potential threats throughout the corridor, says spokesperson
By Claire Piech, Published 2009-09-16, The Pique
Olympic truce tradition hard for Canada to swallow
Organizers say they have no intention of asking troops fighting in Afghanistan to lay down arms during the Games
ROD MICKLEBURGH, Globe and Mail, Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009
Halloween Olympic Torch Protest 'Will Test Police Vows'
6 charged with burning Olympic banner
Police Question Friend of Olympics Critic Chris Shaw
Nursing student surprised at school by intelligence officers.
Councillor calls it 'harassment'.
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