Victoria No2010: Dec 7, 2008 Forum

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 00:02

Victoria No2010: Dec 7, 2008 Forum

!!! BEHIND THE RINGS !!!!

Resisting the impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games

Fatal Plane Crash Carried Kiewit Crew

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 00:00

Fatal Plane Crash Carried Kiewit Crew

A deadly plane crash on BC's southern coast on Nov 16, 2008, in which seven people died, was carrying 5 employees of the Peter Kiewit & Sons construction company, responsible for the Sea-to-Sky highway expansion.

Kiewit CEO Honors B.C. Plane Crash Victims

November 20, 2008

RCMP Again Looking for Luxury Ships for 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:59

RCMP seek a floating base for security

The Province; News Services
Thursday, November 20, 2008

The RCMP are again looking for accommodations on a large vessel or vessels for some of the security force in the Vancouver area during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

GM's Olympic Sponsorship Vulnerable to Economic Crisis

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:58

Struggling GM still committed to Olympics

Automaker intends to keep its name on Vancouver arena
Bruce Constantineau,
Vancouver Sun, Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Hudon's Bay Company & Corporate Colonialism

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:57

The Hudson's Bay Company:

Corporate Colonialism & the 2010 Winter Olympics

Vancouver: Anti-2010 Press Conference

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:55

Anti-Olympic protesters want world media to know they oppose 2010 Games

Canadian Press, Nov 20, 2008

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Anti-Olympic activists ramped up their rhetoric Thursday in hopes of attracting the attention of the world's press, in Vancouver this week for a briefing on the 2010 Winter Games.

2010 Torch Relay Route Announced

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:52

Olympic torch relay beginning Oct. 2009 in Victoria

By Bob Mackin, 24 HOURS, Nov 21, 2008

WEST VANCOUVER: The Olympic torch relay will begin its Canadian journey in Victoria on Oct. 30, 2009 at Mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway, within sight of Washington State’s Olympic Mountains.

Torch Relay Targets Native Communities

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 23:51

Passing the torch through native hands

ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail, November 21, 2008

UN Calls on Canada to Investigate Missing/Murdered Native Women

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:20

Canada must probe cases of slain, missing aboriginal women: UN

The Canadian Press/CBC News
Monday, November 24, 2008

The United Nations is calling on the Canadian government to investigate why hundreds of deaths and disappearances of aboriginal women remain unsolved.

More Good Economic News: RBC Hit with $1.6 Billion Loss

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:20

RBC takes $1.6-billion hit amid credit crisis

Eoin Callan, Canwest News Service
The Province, Monday, November 24, 2008

TORONTO - The Royal Bank of Canada warned it would be forced to take a $1.6-billion hit as market losses mounted and loans started to go sour.

RBC Attacked in Victoria

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:19

RBC Attacked in Victoria

On Saturday November 22 [2008], the RBC on cook st. in victoria BC was attacked. We smashed a window and shut off the gas to the building. This was done because RBC is a major sponsor of the 2010 games.
No Olympics on Stolen Native Land
SHUTDOWN 2010!

Emergency Planners Prepare for Disaster 2010

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:18

Traffic jams and quakes among Vancouver 2010 threats on planners' radar

Canadian Press, November 27, 2008

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Traffic accidents may snarl Vancouver traffic on any day but if that day falls during the 2010 Olympics, the consequences could be a lot more severe.

Countdown Clock Loses Power

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:17

Clock off and Mukmuk on

By Bob Mackin, 24 HOURS, Nov 27, 2008

Just before Mukmuk the Marmot dolls went on sale at the Bay downtown, an unofficial Vancouver 2010 mascot made an unwelcome debut outside the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Introducing, "Countdown Clock Glitch."

'Lone Wolf' Threat Feared at 2010 Olympics

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:16

Lone-wolf threat feared at Vancouver Olympics

Authorities see single terrorist as a key threat

Stewart Bell, National Post
Published: Thursday, November 27, 2008

UK Regrets Hosting 2012 Olympics

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 20:16

Are getting cold feet and backpedalling also Olympic events?

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