Olympic Police State

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, January 15, 2009

Vancouver city officials run the risk of curbing rights during the Olympics in order to keep the city looking uncluttered, says a civil liberties advocate.

January 20, 2009, ctvbc.ca

Catherine Rolfsen and Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun, Friday, January 23, 2009

Vancouver's new city council faced its first real grilling from Olympic protesters Thursday as it considered how to regulate advertising and signage during the 2010 Games.

'Unlawful' actions will be met with swift response, RCMP assistant commissioner warns, as activists vow to take on 'two-week circus'

ROD MICKLEBURGH, Globe and Mail, January 23, 2009

January 25, 2009, Vancouver [Coast Salish Territory] -- A hundred strong rally marched through the streets of the Downtown Eastside to protest ongoing police harassment of the poor.

By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS, Jan 27, 2009

The security force for Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics is reaching out to anti-Olympics protesters.

At least two Games' opponents said no thanks to a private meeting with police last week.

Olympic security exercise planned for February
The Pique Newsmagazine, Jan. 21, 2009
By Jesse Ferreras

The Pemberton* Airport will soon become ground-zero for military operations, as it hosts training ops by the RCMP and Canadian Forces in advance of the 2010 Olympics.

Police are now claiming that their prior attempts at interrogation and recruitment of informants (as well as harassment & intimidation) were all part of their efforts at 'community consultation'.

In mid-January members of the RCMP 2010 Integrated Security Unit attempted to meet with and gather information from members of the Lil'wat at Mt. Currie. The Lil'wat band council is one of the Four Host First Nations, while those approached by police were long-time grassroots community activists (inc.