Anti-Olympic Torch Light Parade Lights Up the Streets!!!

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:22

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:21

As 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:20

DTES 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:19

Fears of APEC-style Clash in 2010

http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/16/APECGames/

Vanoc Unveils 2010 Marijuana Torch

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:18

VANOC 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:18

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:17

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:16

NEWS 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:15

Hiding 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:14

Undercover 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:14

Olympic 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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:13

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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:12

Beijing'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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:11

Got $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

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:10

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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