Mobilization Against Start of Olympic Torch Relay, Victoria, 'BC' Oct 30, 2009

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:11

Against the Tyranny of the Olympic Regime & the Terror of the Torch Relay:

Join the Anti-Olympic Zombie Army for the First Ever ZOMBIE March Against the Olympic Torch Relay

On Friday, October 30, the Olympic Torch Relay begins in Victoria, BC...

Jack Poole, VANOC Chairman, Dies as Olympic Torch Lit in Greece

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:10

Vancouver Olympic chairman Poole dies

CBC News, Friday, October 23, 2009
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/10/23/jack-poole-obit.html?ref=rss

Olympic Torch Relay Began as Nazi Ritual

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:09

Olympic Torch Relay Began as Nazi Ritual

Olympic Torch Relay Expected to be Met by Protests

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:08

Olympic torch expected to be met by protesters as it travels across Canada

By James Keller (Canadian Press, October 25, 2009)

VANCOUVER, B.C. — It's an image fit for a cheesy horror flick: flaming torches meeting a crowd of zombies.

Act to force homeless into shelters introduced to Legislature

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:07

Act introduced to force homeless to shelters

Next month, B.C. police could have power to remove people from the street in extreme weather

By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun, October 30, 2009

Police across British Columbia could have the power as early as next month to forcibly move homeless people to shelters during extreme weather.

Victory in Victoria! Torch Relay Disrupted as it Starts in Victoria

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:06

VICTORY IN VICTORIA!

2010 Olympic Torch Relay Starts Off Disgraced, Delayed, and Disrupted

by No2010.com, October 31, 2009
Occupied Coast Salish Territory

No 2010 Victoria Statement on Torch Relay Disruption

Submitted by Zig Zag on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:04

Anti-Olympic Festival and March disrupt Torch Relay send-off in Victoria:

No2010 Victoria calls event "a victory for rights and justice"

Athlete's Village has social housing cut out

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:06

Athlete's village missing social housing aspect

ctvbc.ca
Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009

City of Vancouver Seeks to Avert Lawsuit on Olympic Signage Bylaw

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:05

City of Vancouver seeks to avert lawsuit over Olympics signage and advertising bylaw

By Carlito Pablo

http://www.straight.com/article-268639/city-seeks-avert-lawsuit

Paramedic Strike Cancels Security Training Exercise

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:03

Gold security exercise foiled by paramedics

Don't Believe the Hype--Little Economic Benefit from Olympics

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:02

One-tenth of one per cent nothing to crow about in economic growth

Olympic impact hardly substantial from 2003-08

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, November 6, 2009

It was billed as "the most comprehensive study" ever undertaken into the impacts of the 2010 Winter Games or any other Olympics.

Paramedics Ordered Back to Work, Union Blames Vanoc

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:01

B.C.'s striking paramedics ordered back to work

CBC News, Saturday, November 7, 2009

After a night-long session of the legislature, the provincial government has passed legislation forcing B.C.'s striking ambulance paramedics back to work.

Anti-Olympic Training & Workshops

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 21:59

The Olympic Resistance Network presents

A WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
November 28th - 29th (Sat-Sun, 10am – 6pm each day)

Vancouver Police Acquire LRAD Crowd Control Acoustic Weapon

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 21:58

Vancouver Police have acquired a Long-Range Acoustic Device (MRAD) for use in crowd control during the 2010 Olympics. The LRAD emits a high frequency noise that can disorient & injure people caught within its range. A LRAD was recently used during the G20 protests in Pittsgurgh. Vancouver cops claim the device is only to be used as a public address system...

2010 Olympics to 'lure' investors

Submitted by Zig Zag on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 21:57

All the more reason to crash the capitalist's party:

Vancouver region using Olympics to lure investors

By Steve Mertl, The Canadian Press, Monday, November 9, 2009

VANCOUVER - Metropolitan Vancouver is hoping the glamour of the Olympics will help lure investment dollars to the region.

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