Public Debt

Olympic Village Way Over Budget

Zig Zag — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:02:55 +0000

Olympic Village way over budget

Athletes' housing already faces extra expenses of $60m to $65m

Katie Mercer, The Province; with files from reporter Kent Spencer
Published: Tuesday, October 07, 2008

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Olympic venue costs continue to rise

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:49:28 +0000

Olympic venue costs balloon

$580-million budget will be met, VANOC maintains
Clare Ogilvie, The Province
Published: Friday, October 17, 2008

The cost of building some 2010 Olympic competition venues has ballooned by almost half, a newly-released report shows.

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ICBC Olympic party plans slammed

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:35:17 +0000

ICBC Olympic party plans slammed

critics: Auto insurer should lower drivers' premiums, not put on hospitality events
Damian Inwood, The Province
Published: Sunday, October 26, 2008

ICBC plans to hire a party planner to drive its 2010 Olympic bashes.

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Vancouver City Council Approves $100 million Bail-Out for Olympic Construction

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:15:53 +0000

Vancouver City Council Approves $100 million Bail-Out for Olympic Construction

CBC News, Nov 6, 2008

The City of Vancouver has agreed to lend up to $100 million to bail out the financially troubled company building the athletes village for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, CBC News has confirmed.

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More on Vancouver City Bail-Out of Olympic Village Construction

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:13:39 +0000

City of Vancouver allegedly makes secret $100M loan to Olympic developer

Pressure mounts on Vancouver city council to come clean on deal
Christina Montgomery and Damian Inwood,
The Province, Friday, November 07, 2008

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Olympic Village Loan Scandal Deepens

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:11:45 +0000

Olympic loan scandal deepens

Vancouver mayoral candidate Peter Ladner prepared to lose election over secret $100M loan

By Christina Montgomery, The Province
Published: Saturday, November 08, 2008 (www.theprovince.com)

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BC Auditor Withholds Olympic Report

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:04:56 +0000

B.C. auditor, province at odds over true cost of 2010 Olympics

Canadian Press, Dec 11, 2008

VANCOUVER, B.C. — British Columbia's financial watchdog says the provincial government is fudging its Olympic budget and he's refusing to release an Olympic audit until the Liberals turn over the numbers.

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Olympic Athlete's Village and Debt

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:50:31 +0000

Column: Olympic Village finances getting scary for taxpayers

By Miro Cernetig, columnist, Vancouver Sun, January 4, 2009

It’s built on Vancouver’s valuable waterfront real estate. How could taxpayers ever get soaked building a glittering, billion-dollar athletes’ village for the Olympics?

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Olympic Village Shock

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:47:03 +0000

Olympic Village Shock

Miro Cernetig, Vancouver Sun columnist
Published: Friday, January 09, 2009, Vancouver Sun

The news from Vancouver's Olympic Village is becoming dire. And next Thursday is the day this billion-dollar financial minefield could blow up for the world to see.

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Olympic Athlete's Village: Vancouver Calls for Emergency Funding from BC

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:43:58 +0000

Mayor wants MLAs recalled to deal with Olympics issue

Mon. Jan. 12 2009, CTV.ca News Staff

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is calling on the provincial legislature to be recalled so that it can deal with the financial problems plaguing the 2010 Olympic athletes' village.

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Olympic Debt Keeps on Rising

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:42:54 +0000

The running tab for the Olympics is running and running

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, January 12, 2009

VICTORIA — As Vancouver residents prepare to take an Olympic-sized bath, the rest of us are scarcely home free on our share of the cost of staging the 2010 Winter Games and related projects.

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After the Olympics comes Debt

Zig Zag — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:41:58 +0000

2 more articles on Vancouver's Olympic Village and growing debt, including Vancouver's potential loss in credit rating...

After the Olympics comes debt
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, January 13, 2009

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The Cost of the Games

Zig Zag — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:46:10 +0000

The cost of the Games

B.C. municipal governments have shovelled taxpayer money to the event in a big way

Bruce Constantineau, Vancouver Sun, Friday, January 23, 2009

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Olympic Bill Tops $6 billion

Zig Zag — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:45:15 +0000

Olympics bill tops $6 billion — so far

By Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun columnist, January 23, 2009

Residents of Climax, Sask., or Come-by-Chance, N.L., probably don’t know that their provincial governments ponied up $1.5 million for the big sports extravaganza in Vancouver next winter.

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Public Debt

Olympic Village Way Over Budget

Olympic venue costs continue to rise

ICBC Olympic party plans slammed

Vancouver City Council Approves $100 million Bail-Out for Olympic Construction

More on Vancouver City Bail-Out of Olympic Village Construction

Olympic Village Loan Scandal Deepens

BC Auditor Withholds Olympic Report

Olympic Athlete's Village and Debt

Olympic Village Shock

More Questions on Olympic Athlete's Village; Construction Could Halt

Olympic Athlete's Village: Vancouver Calls for Emergency Funding from BC

Olympic Debt Keeps on Rising

After the Olympics comes Debt

The Cost of the Games

Olympic Bill Tops $6 billion