| 12 Mar 2010 |
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Olympics fail to win over big chunk of B.C.: poll
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| 9 Mar 2010 |
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Activists Debate Vancouver Olympic Protests
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| 8 Mar 2010 |
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Vancouver Olympics create a big jump in nationalism, survey finds
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| 4 Mar 2010 |
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Russia Olympic boss quits
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| 4 Mar 2010 |
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All Quiet on Protest Front for Paralympics
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| 2 Mar 2010 |
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Canada's Nazi Olympics
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| 2 Mar 2010 |
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Nodar Kumaritashvili: Never Forget
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| 2 Mar 2010 |
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Statement of Deputy Chief Constable Doug LePard March 1st, 2010
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| 2 Mar 2010 |
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Orderly Games result of great policing: Cops
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| 26 Feb 2010 |
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Canada, U.S. may extend security measures past Games
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| 20 Feb 2010 |
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Boozy crowds worry Vancouver police
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Heavy security force has tread lightly, rights group says
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Leprosy case aboard Olympic police ship
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Anti-Olympics protest tactics scrutinized
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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What Bankrupted Greece? It Was The Olympics!
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Vancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Resistance writers say anarchist protest successful
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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US protester maligned:parents?
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Unnamed Article
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| 19 Feb 2010 |
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Brown Edges to the 'Green Games'
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| 18 Feb 2010 |
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Did the anti-Olympic movement miss the mark by focusing on stolen aboriginal land??
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| 17 Feb 2010 |
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Vancouver protesters fall silent
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| 17 Feb 2010 |
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There's no need to hide if you believe what you say
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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VANOC might need IOC cheque
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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Security set to deal with Oly protests
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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Supporters of safe-injection site delay Harper photo-op, prompting fierce exchange between PM's spokesman and NDP MP
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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The real threat to the Olympics could be a bloody protest
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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It's not just ugly, it's also 'illegal'
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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Pro, anti-Games rallies to meet
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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Just pawns in the Games [letter]
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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Be a good sport and try to forget the $8-billion price tag
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
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SECURITY TEAM DISMISSALS
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| 10 Feb 2010 |
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Indymedia Reporter Detained in "No Mans Land" on his way to Vancouver Olympics
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| 9 Feb 2010 |
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Notes on a World Class City: Vancouver's Poet Laureate Explains Why He Declined to Participate in Olympic Celebrations
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| 9 Feb 2010 |
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Protesters target Olympic torch run
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| 9 Feb 2010 |
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Setting the Record Straight on Violent Protest and the Olympics
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| 9 Feb 2010 |
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2010 protesters say police must keep the peace
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| 8 Feb 2010 |
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Process simplified for Olympics-related police complaints
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| 8 Feb 2010 |
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Brace for the Security Games
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| 8 Feb 2010 |
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Huge Olympic military deployment shows times have changed since Calgary
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| 8 Feb 2010 |
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Aboriginal groups divided on whether to support Olympics
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| 7 Feb 2010 |
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Olympic security doesn't stop at the U.S. border
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| 6 Feb 2010 |
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Police prepared for Day 1 demonstrations
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| 6 Feb 2010 |
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Vancouver activists clog the arteries of capitalism
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| 6 Feb 2010 |
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Police say they're ready for Olympic protesters
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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Controversial Torch Relay video withdrawn
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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$900m security budget won't cover looming terrorist attack
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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Call him the $900 million man
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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Terror threat low, protests not banned, security chief says
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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BC Indian Chiefs launch Olympic rights campaign targeting foreign media
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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Welcome to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Please keep to the left
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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‘We are absolutely a threat to these Games’: ORN
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| 5 Feb 2010 |
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Police to receive "Olympic Legacies"
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| 4 Feb 2010 |
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No Rest for Mercer
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| 3 Feb 2010 |
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Winter Olympics on slippery slope after Vancouver crackdown on homeless
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| 3 Feb 2010 |
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Olympics get bronze for climate impact
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| 3 Feb 2010 |
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Prepping for protesters
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| 3 Feb 2010 |
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Intrawest to be paid after Games
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| 3 Feb 2010 |
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Getting around the gridlock
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| 2 Feb 2010 |
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Torch relay video ignites frustration
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| 2 Feb 2010 |
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Cruise ship scheme sinks
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| 2 Feb 2010 |
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Whistler owner wants Ottawa to pay $90M US: report
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| 2 Feb 2010 |
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City denies protest permit to 2010 Welcoming Committee, informs police
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| 2 Feb 2010 |
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Anti-poverty protest mars event
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| 31 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver sex trade expects to boom during Olympics
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| 31 Jan 2010 |
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Canada's Olympic city has notorious skid row
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| 31 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver's Olympics head for disaster
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| 31 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver wrapped up in billion-dollar security blanket
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| 31 Jan 2010 |
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Are the Olympic Games really worth it?
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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The Evangelical Economics of the 2010 Olympics
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Greenwashing at the Games Heavy polluters look lighter as Olympic sponsors
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Some living in cities and towns outside Vancouver skeptical of Olympic benefits
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Diverse population prepares to protest Olympics
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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COPE councillors turn down tickets for Olympic ceremonies
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Games protesters planning opening day rally
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Torch Relay Met by Two Protests
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| 30 Jan 2010 |
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Anti-Olympic protesters get their game on
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| 29 Jan 2010 |
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IIsrael flags in Olympic display vandalized
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| 28 Jan 2010 |
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'Saluting' Nazi filmmaker a no-win for VANOC
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| 28 Jan 2010 |
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Politicians score seats for top events before public
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| 28 Jan 2010 |
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Shaping up to be one of the warmest Januarys ever
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| 27 Jan 2010 |
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Arson website could spur police crackdown
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| 27 Jan 2010 |
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Olympic security: Not just slab-faced apes with earpieces
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| 27 Jan 2010 |
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Protesters converge on B.C. Olympics
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| 27 Jan 2010 |
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Private security firms to protect Olympic VIPs
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| 26 Jan 2010 |
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Cost of Saskatchewan pavilion at 2010 Winter Olympics hits $4.1M
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| 26 Jan 2010 |
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A Shameful Track Record
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| 26 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver Olympics can’t hide Canada’s dismal record on indigenous peoples
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| 25 Jan 2010 |
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Canadian Force readying air security procedures
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| 25 Jan 2010 |
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Housing activists plan Olympic 'red tent' campaign
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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Protest, excitement as Olympic torch reaches Nelson
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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A look inside 'top secret' Vancouver Olympic security command centre
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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Activists Set to Converge in Vancouver for Olympics
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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Canada, U.S. beef up security for the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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High tech balloon to watch Whistler
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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Each BC family estimated to pay over $300 for Olympic "security"
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| 23 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver Police to move into Vanoc HQ
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| 21 Jan 2010 |
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Olympic skepticism highest in B.C., new poll shows
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| 21 Jan 2010 |
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Olympic protest zones don't exist, VPD says
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| 21 Jan 2010 |
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Louder, madder, more prepared: Here come the protesters
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| 20 Jan 2010 |
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Real reasons to protest the Olympics?
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| 20 Jan 2010 |
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Police descend on anti-Olympic speakers in Kelowna
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| 20 Jan 2010 |
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Olympics ‘beautiful’ but IOC spoils cities: noted sportswriter Dave Zirin?
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| 19 Jan 2010 |
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Olympic Games bring jobs, land to Lil'wat First Nation?
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| 19 Jan 2010 |
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Muslims allege VISU 'profiling'?
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| 19 Jan 2010 |
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Teachers Face 800 Possible Layoffs
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| 18 Jan 2010 |
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Silent scream to be heard at Olympics
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| 15 Jan 2010 |
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Authorities say no change to Olympic threat level yet
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| 14 Jan 2010 |
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Native Sellouts Art on Giant Coke Bottles
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| 13 Jan 2010 |
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Province Cites Economy in Cancelling Funds for Maritime Centre
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| 12 Jan 2010 |
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Vancouver Winter Olympics: A Festival of Corporate Greed
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| 12 Jan 2010 |
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Whistler - Canada's only double prorogued municipality
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| 11 Jan 2010 |
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Warm rain shuts freestyle and snowboard venue
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| 11 Jan 2010 |
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Let the Bailout Games begin
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| 9 Jan 2010 |
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Whistler homeless being moved to Squamish
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| 8 Jan 2010 |
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Olympic torch ignites passion – and protest
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| 8 Jan 2010 |
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Guarding the Games
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| 8 Jan 2010 |
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From Olympic Ideals to Corporate Blitz: A Brief History
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| 7 Jan 2010 |
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Art gallery expected to continue protest tradition
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| 5 Jan 2010 |
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Aboriginal Canadians divided over Olympics
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| 4 Jan 2010 |
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Will Canadian government bail out 2010 Olympics?
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| 1 Jan 2010 |
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Mass protests and the future of convergence activism
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| 1 Jan 2010 |
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Waiting for the Circus to Leave: 2010 Vancouver Civics Lesson
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| 31 Dec 2009 |
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VANOC supplies own interview to media
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| 31 Dec 2009 |
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VANOC supplies own interview to media
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| 31 Dec 2009 |
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Experts say Olympic security plans must be ready for unforeseen problems
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| 28 Dec 2009 |
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Coating of mural in 'Olympic blue' paint angers artist
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| 22 Dec 2009 |
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Police reserve the right to take over activist groups for 2010
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| 22 Dec 2009 |
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Olympics shut down dam road access
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| 22 Dec 2009 |
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Group warns of Olympics' dark side
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| 20 Dec 2009 |
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Frogs the losers in Sea-to-Sky upgrade
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| 17 Dec 2009 |
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Olympic-time security wanted, no experience needed
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| 16 Dec 2009 |
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Paralympian helps propel anti-Olympic movement Critic questions Games cost, government's homeless strategy
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| 14 Dec 2009 |
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Olympic citizen journalists given home in Vancouver
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| 14 Dec 2009 |
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Anti-Olympic mural returns
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| 11 Dec 2009 |
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Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural
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| 10 Dec 2009 |
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Olympic Critic Detained, Questioned and Rejected at USA border?
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| 9 Dec 2009 |
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Security cameras here to stay, critic says Vancouver to mull $2.5-million purchase options
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| 9 Dec 2009 |
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Pre-Olympic transit ads encourage citizen surveillance
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| 8 Dec 2009 |
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Vanoc reaches deal with Concord Pacific
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| 8 Dec 2009 |
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Focus on Vancouver Olympics has 'overstretched' RCMP: security expert
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| 7 Dec 2009 |
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Olympic Kidnap Act: Cops Claim No Force?
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| 7 Dec 2009 |
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Olympic CCTV cameras begin going up?
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| 6 Dec 2009 |
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Statement by Dustin Rivers about VISU Visit
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| 6 Dec 2009 |
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Musqueam dissidents threaten protest
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| 4 Dec 2009 |
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Olympics help athletes, not homeless
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| 4 Dec 2009 |
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No plan to sweep homeless off the streets, say police
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| 4 Dec 2009 |
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Activists want Victoria police chief to explain tactics
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| 2 Dec 2009 |
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Chlorine and Olympics a Dangerous Mix?
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| 2 Dec 2009 |
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Canadian bishops warn against human trafficking at Winter Olympics
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| 2 Dec 2009 |
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No undercover protesters or fenced in protest pens - asks CLAC
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| 2 Dec 2009 |
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Teck Cominco gets record pollution fine?
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| 2 Dec 2009 |
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Amy Goodman's border woes has Americans in a tizzy
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| 1 Dec 2009 |
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US presence for 2010 Games
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| 30 Nov 2009 |
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BC's 'Underwhelmed' by Olympics?
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| 30 Nov 2009 |
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First Nation leaders to get the presidential treatment
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| 29 Nov 2009 |
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Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border, Questioned About Speech…and 2010 Olympics
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| 29 Nov 2009 |
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2010 'dream year' for activists?
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| 28 Nov 2009 |
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Sign bylaw rewritten to allay protesters' concerns
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| 27 Nov 2009 |
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Amy Goodman And Canada's Olympic Paranoia?
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| 26 Nov 2009 |
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US journalist detained at border over Olympic concerns?
|
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| 26 Nov 2009 |
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Vancouver reworks bylaw on Olympic signage
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| 25 Nov 2009 |
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Students evicted in time for 2010 Olympics
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| 25 Nov 2009 |
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Advocates label homeless shelter act Olympic ploy
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| 25 Nov 2009 |
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CSIS ramps up for Olympics?
|
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| 24 Nov 2009 |
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VANOC mum on details about bailout
|
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| 24 Nov 2009 |
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Vietnam-era protest guide?
|
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| 24 Nov 2009 |
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torch extinguished dozen times?
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| 19 Nov 2009 |
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Go easy on homeless, government tells police
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| 19 Nov 2009 |
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City sued over parking lot
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| 19 Nov 2009 |
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Women Ski Jumpers and the Rule of Law?
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| 18 Nov 2009 |
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City of Vancouver targets handbills near Olympic venues
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| 18 Nov 2009 |
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Olympic Torch Burns into Cop Budgets?
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| 17 Nov 2009 |
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LRAD acoustic weapon to be disabled: Police?
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| 16 Nov 2009 |
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Natives debate flame’s power to fuel their dreams
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| 12 Nov 2009 |
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Shortfall of $14m to $21m per year till 2025
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| 11 Nov 2009 |
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Security teams ‘ready’ for the Games
|
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| 10 Nov 2009 |
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BCCLA uncovers VPD purchase of untested crowd control weapon for Olympics
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| 8 Nov 2009 |
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What exactly is the point of Olympic protests? I asked Chris Shaw
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| 7 Nov 2009 |
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Paramedics forced back to work for Olympics
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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Paramedics Ordered Back to Work?
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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Diss the flame, risk the wrath of a nation
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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Police push prostitutes out of Vancouver's downtown
|
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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Protesters go beyond rights when they deny them to others
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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One-tenth of one per cent nothing to crow about in economic growth
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| 6 Nov 2009 |
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99 Reasons to Countdown the Olympics
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| 5 Nov 2009 |
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City of Vancouver seeks to avert lawsuit over Olympics signage and advertising bylaw
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| 4 Nov 2009 |
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Olympic private security force raises concerns
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| 2 Nov 2009 |
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MLA: Oly Protesters are Terrorists?
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| 1 Nov 2009 |
|
This is the torch that Hitler lit
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| 1 Nov 2009 |
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Olympic torch expected to be met by protesters as it travels across Canada?
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| 1 Nov 2009 |
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Unlucky Bill 13 - Controversial Sign Law
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| 1 Nov 2009 |
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Paramedics blockade sliding centre in Whistler
|
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| 1 Nov 2009 |
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Protesters disrupt disabled teenager's section
|
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| 31 Oct 2009 |
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Anti-Olympic protests force 2010 torch relay to divert in Victoria
|
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| 31 Oct 2009 |
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2010 Olympic Torch Relay Starts Off Disgraced, Delayed, and Disrupted
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| 30 Oct 2009 |
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Act introduced to force homeless to shelters
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| 30 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic protesters disrupt torch relay
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| 29 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic protesters, cops set to clash
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| 28 Oct 2009 |
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Activist claims anti-Games comments got him banned from US
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| 28 Oct 2009 |
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Media broadcasters to carry Olympic torch
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| 27 Oct 2009 |
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Unnamed Article
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| 23 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver Olympic chairman Poole dies?
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| 23 Oct 2009 |
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HUGE STRIKE VOTE AT HASTINGS RACETRACK COULD LEAD TO OLYMPIC PICKETS
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| 23 Oct 2009 |
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Police train for all scenarios
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| 23 Oct 2009 |
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Civil liberties, city clash over 'propaganda'
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Blog: Riot 2010 protesters aim to disrupt Games
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Minister mum on Olympic freebies
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Memo to Olympic protesters: Canada is a free speech zone
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Protest okay at Olympics, but not violence say police
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver Police Department gives activist David Fields an early wake-up call
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Victoria human rights advocate denounces aggressive police and Olympic Torch spending
|
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Baseless accusation against V2010 ISU goes too far
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Mercer Blasted APEC Protesters with Pepper Spray
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| 22 Oct 2009 |
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Former Olympian burning mad
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| 21 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver to amend guerrilla ad bylaws
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| 21 Oct 2009 |
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City won't jail anyone over Games bylaw: Mayor
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| 21 Oct 2009 |
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Remember Olympics values, not new bylaws: Mayor
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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Security exercise at Olympic Village goes awry when helicopter landing impeded
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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Olympics' Top Cop Helped Blow up Truck at Gustafsen Stand-off RCMP?
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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The JIG is up! Gord Hill Threatened with Rendition by Olympic Cops
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver to take further steps to ensure Charter rights protection in bylaws
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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Cops kicking us out, homeless say
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| 19 Oct 2009 |
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Squamish First Nation puts Olympic pooh-bahs on the spot
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| 19 Oct 2009 |
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Squamish First Nation puts Olympic pooh-bahs on the spot
|
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| 18 Oct 2009 |
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Chris Shaw Was Right!
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| 18 Oct 2009 |
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2010 Police State: Dark Side of Olympics
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| 17 Oct 2009 |
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RCMP's query to Olympic sweater protesters "due diligence"
|
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| 17 Oct 2009 |
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Victoria encourages Vanoc to review $30-million staff bonus package
|
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| 17 Oct 2009 |
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With the Games now so close, harsh reality is setting in
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| 16 Oct 2009 |
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$30 Million in Bonuses for Vanoc staff
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| 16 Oct 2009 |
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Anti-Olympic protesters rally around the torch relay
|
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver Pride House planned for 2010 Games
|
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Inside Olympic Security's Nerve Centre
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Kirpans 'permitted' by VISU at Olympics?
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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RCMP takes Olympic protester's comments 'very seriously'
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Legal observers train for 2010 Olympics
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Terror Act used on climate activist
|
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Will medals have Midas touch?
|
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Home-grown Olympic resistance for the whole family
|
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Canada & Criticism over First nations
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic security to patrol bridges
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| 14 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic road closures start in November
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| 14 Oct 2009 |
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Anti-Olympic protester supports violent oppostion
|
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| 14 Oct 2009 |
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VANOC traffic plan and new website
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| 14 Oct 2009 |
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Vancouver BCTF local promotes event called Teaching 2010 Resistance
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| 13 Oct 2009 |
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Questions and criticism dominate public agenda
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| |
| 13 Oct 2009 |
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A glimpse of Canada at the 1936 Nazi Games
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| 10 Oct 2009 |
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BC Leg. asked for expanded punishments for political expression?
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| 9 Oct 2009 |
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Another rehearsal underway
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| |
| 9 Oct 2009 |
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Bill would allow police to enter homes during Games to remove illegal signs?
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| 9 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic fakes? Why are we so surprised ...
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| 9 Oct 2009 |
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2010 Olympics will leave legacy of social, environmental destruction
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| 8 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic torch could cross border into U.S.
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| 8 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic police reps to get legal observer training
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| 7 Oct 2009 |
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Whistler lacks 'Olympic fever,' and she's sick of it
|
| |
| 7 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic Cowichan Sweaters Not by Natives?
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| 6 Oct 2009 |
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IOC official worried about 'unnecessary' level of security for 2010 Games
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| 5 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic party begins with rings going out to sea
|
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| 5 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic Village $130 over budget: audit?
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| 5 Oct 2009 |
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Choice of Olympic city not about money, IOC chief says?
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| 1 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic outfits spark controversy?
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| 1 Oct 2009 |
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Olympic Risks to Host Cities?
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| 30 Sep 2009 |
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Home of world's largest dinosaur among communities showing Canadians how to wear their hearts on their hands
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| 30 Sep 2009 |
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Layoffs coming to city hall
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| 29 Sep 2009 |
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VANOC gives peace a chance
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| 29 Sep 2009 |
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B.C. artists conflicted over Olympic funds
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| 29 Sep 2009 |
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Jean rejects Afghan truce during Games
|
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| 29 Sep 2009 |
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Canada will not call for truce in Afghanistan during the Olympics
|
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| 29 Sep 2009 |
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ISU making house calls in Mount Currie
|
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| 25 Sep 2009 |
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Dear bad guys: 'This is not a soft target'
|
| |
| 24 Sep 2009 |
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Coca-Cola's Lies About Sustainability Have Gone Too Far
|
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| 24 Sep 2009 |
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Are the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Responsible for B.C.’s missing arts funds?
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| 23 Sep 2009 |
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Canada to host G8 and G20 summits next year: Harper
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| 23 Sep 2009 |
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Climate Change And The 2010 Olympics?
|
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| 23 Sep 2009 |
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Bodyguards will pack heat at Games
|
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| 23 Sep 2009 |
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Cop-watch activists train for 2010 Winter Olympics
|
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| 22 Sep 2009 |
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Olympic booklet of tips sparks some criticism
|
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| 22 Sep 2009 |
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Olympic booklet of tips sparks some criticism
|
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| 22 Sep 2009 |
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Torch Relay Protests Planned
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| 21 Sep 2009 |
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Halloween anti-Olympic protests will test police vows
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| 20 Sep 2009 |
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BC government to jail the homeless
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| 17 Sep 2009 |
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US may be advisor if 'terrorism' at Games
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| 17 Sep 2009 |
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Survey Shows Citizens Cynical on 2010 Economic Benefits
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| 16 Sep 2009 |
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Deals for security, screens at Vancouver Olympic party zones
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| 16 Sep 2009 |
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Civil Rights Groups Fear Police Provocateurs
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| 16 Sep 2009 |
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Vanoc to Provide Protest Pens for Olympics
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| 15 Sep 2009 |
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Lenskyi Critique of Olympics
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| 15 Sep 2009 |
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Vancouver's Olympic problems not unique: critic
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| 15 Sep 2009 |
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Roving Teams to 'Protect' Olympic Brand?
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| 14 Sep 2009 |
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NORAD exercise planned for west coast
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| 13 Sep 2009 |
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Teachers Pissed at Olympic Propaganda Campaign
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| 13 Sep 2009 |
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Vancouver 2010: Going for Green?
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| 10 Sep 2009 |
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Drawbacks for Olympic host cities continue: Lenskyj
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| 6 Sep 2009 |
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Natives split on taking part in torch relay
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| 5 Sep 2009 |
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Corporate sponsors hold firm on commitments to 2010 Winter Games
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| 4 Sep 2009 |
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Capitalism's survival threatens our future
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| 3 Sep 2009 |
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Anxieties mount over the games
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| 3 Sep 2009 |
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Native leaders consider action during Games
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| 2 Sep 2009 |
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Is your freedom a security risk?
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| 1 Sep 2009 |
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Bucks to burn for torch relay
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| 1 Sep 2009 |
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Manufacturing Olympic spirit
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| 1 Sep 2009 |
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Torino, After Its Olympics
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| 28 Aug 2009 |
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Olympic Sentiment varies, Pemberton to Líl’wat
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| 28 Aug 2009 |
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IOC deficit agreement isn't open-ended
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| 26 Aug 2009 |
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Vancouver Olympics to get extra money from IOC if there’s a budget shortfall
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| 26 Aug 2009 |
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IOC to Vanoc: If we must, we'll bail you out
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| 26 Aug 2009 |
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Are first nations and British Columbia ready to reconcile?
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| 26 Aug 2009 |
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Social housing activists charge IOC with changing Olympic bid system
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| 26 Aug 2009 |
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Can we please make Canada cool in 2010?
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| 25 Aug 2009 |
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Olympics push army to edge
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| 24 Aug 2009 |
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IOC keeps eye on VANOC
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| 24 Aug 2009 |
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Ottawa, B.C. too slow to cash in on Olympic investment
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| 24 Aug 2009 |
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Cash crunch causes tension for Games organizers
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| 24 Aug 2009 |
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Feels like somebody is watching me...
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| 23 Aug 2009 |
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No 2010 Victoria: Olympic Police Harass More Victoria Activists
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| 18 Aug 2009 |
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Protest take issue with line
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| 17 Aug 2009 |
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Rogge notes the low profile of the 2010 Games
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| 15 Aug 2009 |
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IOC grip on cities grows tighter every time
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| 14 Aug 2009 |
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Private Security Hiring for 2010?
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| 14 Aug 2009 |
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60 Ottawa Cops for 2010 Games
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| 11 Aug 2009 |
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All-Out Assault on Political Freedoms - Olympic Interests Take Over The City of Vancouver
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| 11 Aug 2009 |
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NORAD plans exercises to prep for 2010 Olympics
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| 11 Aug 2009 |
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Surgeries delayed, ORs shut, jobs lost; Province wants $90m cut from budget by March 2010
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| 10 Aug 2009 |
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China Marks Olympic Anniversary, Reflects on Olympic Legacy
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| 10 Aug 2009 |
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B.C. to pay millions for 2010 'volunteers'
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| 10 Aug 2009 |
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The Olympics' tailor-made security blanket, unwrapped
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| 9 Aug 2009 |
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B.C. taxpayers to pay millions for 2010 Olympic Games ‘volunteers’
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| 8 Aug 2009 |
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Cash flow is stalling and talk dimming about best Games ever, but VANOC insists it's up to the challenge
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| 8 Aug 2009 |
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Who's grabbing the Olympic gold?
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| 7 Aug 2009 |
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IOC's talk against discrimination is little more than hot air
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| 7 Aug 2009 |
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Contract binds Vancouver to play by IOC rules or not play at all
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| 4 Aug 2009 |
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The Busybody State
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| 4 Aug 2009 |
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Olympic security needs balance
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| 4 Aug 2009 |
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No medals for Vancouver council in the free-speech event', says Eby?
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| 3 Aug 2009 |
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Hot time, summer in the city, but Vancouver's mayor isn't sitting pretty
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| 2 Aug 2009 |
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Detained Activist's Kafkaesque Nightmare
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| 31 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic watchdog group asks UN to monitor rights during 2010 Games
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| 30 Jul 2009 |
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VANOC launches employee loan program to fill remaining jobs for the 2010 Winter Games
|
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| 29 Jul 2009 |
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No medals for Vancouver council in the free-speech event
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| 29 Jul 2009 |
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Main library users spared major Olympic headache
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| 28 Jul 2009 |
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Proposed B.C. law would allow big fines, jail time for Olympics violators
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| 28 Jul 2009 |
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Proposed B.C. law would allow big fines, jail time for Olympics violators
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| 27 Jul 2009 |
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Mobilizing security for 2010 Games takes all of what Canada's cops have to offer
|
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| 26 Jul 2009 |
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New Washington state center will handle anti-terrorism and security during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
|
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| 26 Jul 2009 |
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Shelter occupant hit with two $250 tickets, including spitting fine
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| 22 Jul 2009 |
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In search of Olympic spirit
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| 22 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic surveillance control room gets test run during Celebration of Light
|
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| 22 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic watchdog demands CSIS disclose Games-related activities
|
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| 21 Jul 2009 |
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RCMP's Olympic locker talk
|
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| 21 Jul 2009 |
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Woodsworth wants IOC to abide by charter, but what about RCMP?
|
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| 21 Jul 2009 |
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Ten signs of emerging trouble at Vancouver 2010 Olympics
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| 21 Jul 2009 |
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Rights go out the window to create a seamless 2010 circus
|
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| 20 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic report will test Vision Vancouver's democratic impulses
|
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| 20 Jul 2009 |
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Censored-speech zones make more sense [letter]
|
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| 20 Jul 2009 |
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Opinion The 2010 Plan to Crush Our Freedoms
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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RCMP seek input on providing culturally sensitive security during 2010 Games
|
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit wanted “private conversation”: Chris Shaw
|
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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2010 bid book an Etch-A-Sketch
|
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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City pays lip service to free speech
|
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic effect will fade quickly after the 2010 Games, conference board economist says
|
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| 19 Jul 2009 |
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2010 cop plan at council
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| 18 Jul 2009 |
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Protest zones will be located at all event venues and media centre
|
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| 18 Jul 2009 |
|
Vanoc wants respect for Olympic Torch?
|
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| 17 Jul 2009 |
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Vancouver's Olympic finances melt down
|
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| 17 Jul 2009 |
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U.S. gears up for the security challenge of our Olympics
|
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| 16 Jul 2009 |
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Writers Union objects to VISU intimidation?
|
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| 16 Jul 2009 |
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Professors say cops' Olympic plans illegal
|
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| 16 Jul 2009 |
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Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit won't rule out agents provocateurs
|
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| 15 Jul 2009 |
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housands of volunteers and staff vaccinated against the H1N1 flu
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| 15 Jul 2009 |
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Olympic fears will lead to 2,000 surgery cancellations: memo
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| 15 Jul 2009 |
|
Uncapping Bud
|
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| 14 Jul 2009 |
|
BC Courts to Close for Olympics?
|
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| 13 Jul 2009 |
|
POLICE BRUTALITY IS NOT A GAME
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| 12 Jul 2009 |
|
Airspace restrictions for 2010 Games?
|
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
|
Sometimes our protesters do protest too much
|
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
|
Whistler's Olympic Wipeout
|
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
|
Beware the man with hair products
|
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
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Women Ski Jumpers Lose Olympic Lawsuit
|
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
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Mayor slams 'Orwellian' limits on free comment
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| 9 Jul 2009 |
|
Free speech casualty of security?
|
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| 9 Jul 2009 |
|
Civil libertarians wary of RCMP’s plans for 2010 Olympic Games
|
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| 9 Jul 2009 |
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Security chief warns of planned 'criminal' protests
|
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| 8 Jul 2009 |
|
Olympic security force of 16,500 prepares
|
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| 8 Jul 2009 |
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Vancouver Olympics to have 900-plus security cameras around venues
|
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| 8 Jul 2009 |
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2010 Olympic security plans include 'free speech areas'
|
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| 7 Jul 2009 |
|
Police defend security plans for 2010 Games
|
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| 7 Jul 2009 |
|
Canadians shouldn’t accept repressive Olympic security
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| 7 Jul 2009 |
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VANOC seeks access to border searches
|
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| 4 Jul 2009 |
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Free speech at risk during 2010 Olympics, group says
|
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| 3 Jul 2009 |
|
Free speech faces Olympic-sized threat, says BCCLA
|
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| 2 Jul 2009 |
|
Security Cameras Olympic Legacy?
|
| |
| 2 Jul 2009 |
|
Air Canada workers target Vancouver Olympics for strike
|
| |
| 2 Jul 2009 |
|
Laws enable Olympic evictions: advocate
|
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| 2 Jul 2009 |
|
Vancouver 2010 Olympic security answers coming next week
|
| |
| 2 Jul 2009 |
|
Ottawa scuttles a golden opportunity to market Canada
|
| |
| 30 Jun 2009 |
|
World Police Games to test 2010 Games dry run
|
| |
| 29 Jun 2009 |
|
Secret police wiretaps fly under the radar
|
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| 29 Jun 2009 |
|
First Nations strike deal to develop Alpine legacy lands
|
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| 28 Jun 2009 |
|
Village could win mould gold
|
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| 27 Jun 2009 |
|
DND coming to YVR this fall
|
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| 27 Jun 2009 |
|
Civil libs unhappy with VANOC torch advice
|
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| 27 Jun 2009 |
|
EPCOR, Water and the 2010 Winter Olympics
|
| |
| 24 Jun 2009 |
|
Olympic Resistance Network members say police questioning neighbours, family
|
| |
| 22 Jun 2009 |
|
BC Civil Liberties Association concerned about RCMP surveillance of Olympics opponents?
|
| |
| 22 Jun 2009 |
|
Border Security/Military Integration & SPP?
|
| |
| 19 Jun 2009 |
|
Art by by 90 Aboriginal artists at 2010 Winter Games venues?
|
| |
| 19 Jun 2009 |
|
Vancouver sheds some secrecy
|
| |
| 18 Jun 2009 |
|
Canada's proposed Investigative Powers and Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement Acts?
|
| |
| 17 Jun 2009 |
|
Taxpayers asked to pony up another $21.9 million
|
| |
| 17 Jun 2009 |
|
VANOC to splurge on BC Place fix-ups
|
| |
| 16 Jun 2009 |
|
IOC needs two more sponsors to fulfill VANOC promise
|
| |
| 16 Jun 2009 |
|
Cost overruns at Games near $45-million
|
| |
| 15 Jun 2009 |
|
4,500 troops off to the Olympics
|
| |
| 15 Jun 2009 |
|
Slim pickings as restaurants feel crunch
|
| |
| 12 Jun 2009 |
|
Civil libs unhappy with VANOC torch advice
|
| |
| 12 Jun 2009 |
|
International criticism for 2010 Olympic security
|
| |
| 12 Jun 2009 |
|
Map provides security with the big picture
|
| |
| 12 Jun 2009 |
|
Canadian police accessing Interpol databases for 2010?
|
| |
| 11 Jun 2009 |
|
Sex workers, trafficking and 2010
|
| |
| 10 Jun 2009 |
|
Winter Olympics get summer training
|
| |
| 10 Jun 2009 |
|
Coke's Olympic 'bluewashing' plans
|
| |
| 9 Jun 2009 |
|
Rights body upset over 'intimidating' security tactics
|
| |
| 9 Jun 2009 |
|
Day explains cone of silence around Olympic security costs
|
| |
| 8 Jun 2009 |
|
Joint Intelligence Group visit anti Olympic activists
|
| |
| 2 Jun 2009 |
|
Olympics to use 80 gigawatt hours of electricity, emit 300, 000 tonnes of carbon?
|
| |
| 2 Jun 2009 |
|
Civil libs react to 2010 torch manual
|
| |
| 2 Jun 2009 |
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Are Private Corporations Entwined in Olympic Security?
|
| |
| 1 Jun 2009 |
|
No shortage of rules for torch
|
| |
| 29 May 2009 |
|
Longest torch relay in history
|
| |
| 28 May 2009 |
|
VancSun's Olympic reporter paid to write for IOC magazine
|
| |
| 28 May 2009 |
|
BC Hydro goes for gold in 2010
|
| |
| 26 May 2009 |
|
PETA comes under fire for parody Olympic logo
|
| |
| 20 May 2009 |
|
CBSA to be involved heavily in 2010 security
|
| |
| 19 May 2009 |
|
Thought police working overtime in Whistler
|
| |
| 18 May 2009 |
|
Not our fault: Hansen on 2010 secret security costs
|
| |
| 15 May 2009 |
|
Ottawa's plan to fingerprint those not yet charged under fire
|
| |
| 15 May 2009 |
|
2010 security costs concealed for 18 months
|
| |
| 10 May 2009 |
|
IOC accused of kickbacks
|
| |
| 9 May 2009 |
|
Applications for 2010 Olympic torchbearers falling short
|
| |
| 9 May 2009 |
|
City should guarantee village condo prices after Games, developers say
|
| |
| 1 May 2009 |
|
Briarpatch Magazine - War Class Games
|
| |
| 29 Apr 2009 |
|
Couple cries foul after motorhome crackdown
|
| |
| 26 Apr 2009 |
|
Boys' club rules female Olympians
|
| |
| 23 Apr 2009 |
|
Surrey man, 73, gets police visit after writing Vanoc
|
| |
| 22 Apr 2009 |
|
2010 security costs cruise upwards
|
| |
| 22 Apr 2009 |
|
Report criticizes Olympic organizers for lack of transparency
|
| |
| 22 Apr 2009 |
|
The IOC: A law unto itself or defender of its gold?
|
| |
| 20 Apr 2009 |
|
Grade still dismal: Watchdog
|
| |
| 18 Apr 2009 |
|
Security firms tap new rule to hire 5,000 guards for 2010 Olympics
|
| |
| 17 Apr 2009 |
|
Olympic village draining city's cash reserves
|
| |
| 17 Apr 2009 |
|
2010 Olympics worth $100M to private security firms
|
| |
| 17 Apr 2009 |
|
Capital Region hosts military bomb disposal exercise (VIDEO)
|
| |
| 17 Apr 2009 |
|
Almost $100 million for Olympic rent-a-cops
|
| |
| 14 Apr 2009 |
|
No eviction ban for city during 2010 Olympics
|
| |
| 10 Apr 2009 |
|
That giant hole in the ground next to Whistler Village is going to amount to something, after all.
|
| |
| 10 Apr 2009 |
|
The Olympic Games look like a rich man's game
|
| |
| 10 Apr 2009 |
|
Aboriginal pavilion will meet many needs
|
| |
| 9 Apr 2009 |
|
Exercise Silver
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| |
| 8 Apr 2009 |
|
First nations activists threaten picture
|
| |
| 8 Apr 2009 |
|
City admits surveillance cameras here to stay
|
| |
| 8 Apr 2009 |
|
Gang War Bad for Olympic Business
|
| |
| 7 Apr 2009 |
|
Chicago's Anti-IOC Protests Look to Vancouver's Olympic Troubles
|
| |
| 7 Apr 2009 |
|
Athlete medal presentations return to Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Celebration Plaza
|
| |
| 6 Apr 2009 |
|
Metro Vancouver violence draws attention of Olympic media
|
| |
| 6 Apr 2009 |
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Vancouver to consider relaxing Olympic accommodation laws
|
| |
| 6 Apr 2009 |
|
Musqueam first nation getting ready for Olympic party
|
| |
| 5 Apr 2009 |
|
Olympic carbon offset plan criticized?
|
| |
| 5 Apr 2009 |
|
2010 Gang War: From Heaven to Hell
|
| |
| 3 Apr 2009 |
|
I Spy With My Little Eye . . . Trouble
|
| |
| 3 Apr 2009 |
|
Unprovoked brutality: police at anti-G20 protests
|
| |
| 3 Apr 2009 |
|
Did the handling of the G20 protests reveal the future of policing
|
| |
| 2 Apr 2009 |
|
Anti-Olympic videos a window into what's coming
|
| |
| 1 Apr 2009 |
|
Tear it down
|
| |
| 1 Apr 2009 |
|
Still holes in transportation, lodging plans for 2010 Games: IOC
|
| |
| 1 Apr 2009 |
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Police in Vancouver visiting Olympic protesters: activist
|
| |
| 1 Apr 2009 |
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Vanoc expects no profit in 2010 Games with economic slump
|
| |
| 1 Apr 2009 |
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2010 Games social promises ‘not measurable’: IOC official
|
| |
| 31 Mar 2009 |
|
IOC hands out enviro awards
|
| |
| 31 Mar 2009 |
|
VANOC reveals plans for carbon offsets; sets target
|
| |
| 30 Mar 2009 |
|
GLOBAL WARMING: Canada's winter sports melting away, report warns
|
| |
| 30 Mar 2009 |
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VANOC releases carbon offset target for 2010 Winter Games; negotiations ongoing with potential partners in carbon offset field
|
| |
| 28 Mar 2009 |
|
Reserve Forces Intelligence. Canada trains its reservists for domestic threats
|
| |
| 28 Mar 2009 |
|
Ahead of 2010 Olympics, violence stalks Vancouver
|
| |
| 27 Mar 2009 |
|
CN sues protesters over blockades:
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| 27 Mar 2009 |
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Homeless in Vancouver Olympic security zones will be removed: police
|
| |
| 27 Mar 2009 |
|
Vanoc 'Sustainability Star' Awards Farce
|
| |
| 27 Mar 2009 |
|
Native Resistance to 2010 (Blog)
|
| |
| 26 Mar 2009 |
|
Conservatives reintroduce legislation that civil liberties groups say erases basic legal rights
|
| |
| 26 Mar 2009 |
|
CCTV funding approved by Vancouver City Council
|
| |
| 26 Mar 2009 |
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Homeless relocations part of 2010 Games security plan
|
| |
| 26 Mar 2009 |
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Sponsors on track, but concerns remain
|
| |
| 25 Mar 2009 |
|
3M exec held hostage in France
|
| |
| 25 Mar 2009 |
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City debates new Olympic Costs
|
| |
| 25 Mar 2009 |
|
Follow the Coke Torch relay!
|
| |
| 23 Mar 2009 |
|
Suncor/Petro-Canada merger
|
| |
| 20 Mar 2009 |
|
B.C. company launches Google-like street view on its website
|
| |
| 19 Mar 2009 |
|
Transit Ads for Citizen Surveillance
|
| |
| 19 Mar 2009 |
|
Vancouver city wants CCTV on streets for 2010
|
| |
| 19 Mar 2009 |
|
Cops abandon bylaw quotas?
|
| |
| 18 Mar 2009 |
|
Getting the brush off in 'our time to shine' VANOC employs Olympic-sized disruption
|
| |
| 18 Mar 2009 |
|
Changes to VPD business plan 'superficial': critics
|
| |
| 16 Mar 2009 |
|
Courts to face delays during 2010?
|
| |
| 15 Mar 2009 |
|
Threats against Olympic sponsors worry security officials
|
| |
| 13 Mar 2009 |
|
Parachutists are banned
|
| |
| 11 Mar 2009 |
|
Vancouver faces huge security challenges
Vancouver will face one of its most ambitious tests during the 2010 Olympic Games as it attempts to move Super-Bowl-sized crowds around already-congested city streets and into the mountains in the dead of winter over 17 days.
|
| |
| 11 Mar 2009 |
|
2010 Traffic and security - stories and maps
|
| |
| 10 Mar 2009 |
|
Aboriginal author and poet Lee Maracle's resistance cry
|
| |
| 10 Mar 2009 |
|
Traffic Plans for 2010
|
| |
| 10 Mar 2009 |
|
Sea to Sky Transportation Plan
There will be a vehicle checkpoint on the highway to Whistler, no day-long parking in the resort, and over 300 buses travelling to and from Whistler every day carrying Olympic spectators.
|
| |
| 10 Mar 2009 |
|
Olympic losers: The people footing the bills
|
| |
| 9 Mar 2009 |
|
Casinos, airlines to miss out on Olympic bonanza
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games are supposed to be a jackpot for the province's economy, but 200 casino workers caught in the “red zone” of security will be collecting pink slips instead of payouts.
|
| |
| 7 Mar 2009 |
|
Canada's naked international ambition raises hackles
When Canada's ministers, diplomats, generals and aides head to London in
three weeks for the G20 summit, then to Strasbourg for the 60th
anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, then to Trinidad
for the Summit of the Americas,...
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| 6 Mar 2009 |
|
Olympic Torch and Aboriginals?
|
| |
| 6 Mar 2009 |
|
Gang War 2010?
A surge in gang violence is hurting Vancouver's image as it prepares to host the 2010 Olympics, the city's mayor said on Friday.
|
| |
| 4 Mar 2009 |
|
Military readies reservists for threats to 'domestic front'
The Canadian military has embarked on a wide-ranging plan to turn its reserve soldiers into focused units trained and equipped to respond to a nightmarish array of domestic threats, including terrorist "dirty bomb" attacks, biological agent containment, Arctic catastrophes and natural disasters.
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| |
| 4 Mar 2009 |
|
Military keeping low profile during 2010 Olympics
The Canadian military wants to keep a low profile when it comes
to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and that includes keeping its
budget in check and out of the headlines.
|
| |
| 3 Mar 2009 |
|
Suit now alleges $550,000 in kickbacks
The Mount Currie Band (Lil’wat Nation) last week upped the ante in a legal battle with the band’s former lead negotiator, filing an amended statement of claim alleging that Lyle Leo took..
|
| |
| 3 Mar 2009 |
|
Olympic security budget will create a big brother legacy
Those who have followed the saga of bursting Olympic budgets were likely
unfazed when it was finally confirmed that the original $175-million
Vancouver 2010 Olympic security budget was a work of fiction.
|
| |
| 3 Mar 2009 |
|
Get used to geting around with checkpoints
Nothing quite makes you look over you shoulder faster, or grab your bags and scramble back home a little quicker, than spotting a machinegun nest at the departure terminal.
|
| |
| 2 Mar 2009 |
|
JTF2 Overseeing Security for 2010 Games
Troops from the Canadian army’s elite Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorist unit will be assigned to help provide security at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, a senior military official said on Monday.
|
| |
| 28 Feb 2009 |
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Olympic glitter doesn't always mean gold: Economists
The colours of the Olympic rings, history says, represent the nations of the world. But when prospective host cities look at them, they see gold.
|
| |
| 28 Feb 2009 |
|
After the Assassinations: Interview with Russian Anarchist
On the 19th of January 2009, daytime in the centre of Moscow Stanislav (Stas) Markelov and Anastasiya (Nastya Skat) Baburova were shot dead to head by an assassin. Apparently the killer was after the lawyer Stanislav but he shot Nastya to head as well, either to eliminate a witness or in order to escape - some witnesses have stated that Nastya attempted to arrest assassin.
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| |
| 27 Feb 2009 |
|
B.C. Place stadium jet engine blows its stack
Rapid air pressure drops occurred at B.C. Place Stadium Feb. 17 around 8 p.m. and again Feb. 18 at 5:10 a.m. One source said the protective screen for the shrapnel-covered industrial fan room was blown out. Another fan was already out of service for maintenance.
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| 26 Feb 2009 |
|
Cops gathering intelligence on Games opponents
As a smothering billion dollar security blanket settles over the province in advance of the 2010 Olympics, agents of the Activist Liaison Unit, a division of the RCMP's Integrated Security Unit (ISU) are on the job.
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| |
| 26 Feb 2009 |
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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
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| |
| 24 Feb 2009 |
|
Security goes wild: Taxpayers have given a blank cheque to Winter Games security forces
Strange fact: The cost to provide Vancouver Olympic security now exceeds the tab for all sports venue construction plus operating budgets to host the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary.
|
| |
| 23 Feb 2009 |
|
Got $6 billion to spend? Let's luge! Or maybe not
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.
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| 23 Feb 2009 |
|
It's now up to the mayor to deal with the costly dilemma
Where's bankruptcy court? I want to get in line.
Not because I'm actually going broke. I'm just thinking it might be a way to move closer to Vancouver's downtown waterfront.
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| 22 Feb 2009 |
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Beijing's Olympic building boom becomes a bust
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.
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| 22 Feb 2009 |
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Undercover cops above board says Olympic chief
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.
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| 22 Feb 2009 |
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Olympic security squad talks Games bucks
The cost of personnel for the RCMP-led Olympic security force is just over the original $175 million estimate for all Games security.
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| 21 Feb 2009 |
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Vancouver condo market crumbles?
Computer programmer Riaz Kassam is facing threat of a lawsuit by the developer of the trendy Yaletown penthouse he can no longer afford. He purchased the two-level, 2,400 sq. ft. condo for $1.5 million in June, 2008.
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| 19 Feb 2009 |
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Olympic Security $900 million?
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.
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| 19 Feb 2009 |
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Civil libertarians criticize Olympic police tactics
The president of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says the 2010 Winter Olympics security squad should stop sending undercover cops to city council meetings.
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| 18 Feb 2009 |
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Olympics security tab under cover in budget
Although the province's share of the anticipated billion-dollar cost for keeping the Games safe is likely to total hundreds of millions of dollars, there was no specific mention of it in the budget, nor any indication of the amount.
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| 17 Feb 2009 |
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Exercise Silver 2010 Security
Almost a year before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Joint Task Force Games and the Land, Air and Maritime Component Commands are participating in the first live security training to prepare the military for the sporting event.
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| 13 Feb 2009 |
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Blackwater changes its name to Xe
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe. The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter z.
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| 12 Feb 2009 |
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2010 Torch (aka Canada's Giant Joint)
On Feb. 12, the new 2010 torch and torchbearer uniforms were unveiled in Whistler to commemorate the one-year countdown to the 2010 Games.
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| 12 Feb 2009 |
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2010 Festivities & Protests-CBC?
A day of celebration of the one-year countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics wrapped up Thursday with criticism of an invitation-only party in Richmond, as well as a noisy protest in downtown Vancouver.
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| 12 Feb 2009 |
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Torch unveiling is only free public event for 2010
The only free, public event of the one-year countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics was the Whistler Village Olympic torch unveiling on Thursday morning.
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| 12 Feb 2009 |
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IOC Prez on Benefits of 2010
With one year to go until the 2010 Winter Olympics, the president of the International Olympic Committee says everything is on track for Vancouver to host a successful Games that will have a positive impact on the region.
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| 11 Feb 2009 |
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Olympics Resistance Network Rejects Private Meetings with Police
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| 11 Feb 2009 |
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Mount Currie band suing ex-band councillor
The Mount Currie band is suing a former band councillor, alleging he took a "secret commission" or a bribe worth $95,000 from developers while he was acting as the band's lead negotiator on major developments.
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| 11 Feb 2009 |
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RCMP tap local activists
It appears the RCMP dragnet to quash 2010 Olympic opposition before it
begins has washed up on the shores of Vancouver Island.
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| 10 Feb 2009 |
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Human trafficking set to increase for 2010 Games
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| 10 Feb 2009 |
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Recession Recasts Olympic Spending
For the cities hosting the Olympic Games, heavy spending is an unofficial
but required sport -- as is the debate about whether it's good for the
local economies.
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| 10 Feb 2009 |
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Squalor on Vancouver's east side may linger into 2010
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| 9 Feb 2009 |
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HELEN LENSKYJ JOINS OLYMPICS RESISTANCE NETWORK IN CONDEMNING OLYMPIC SECURITY EXERCISES
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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Games-time corridor military camps eyed
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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Olympic security gears up
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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No military camps in Whistler during the Olympics
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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VISU releases privacy statement in reponse to critics?
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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HBC to cut 1,000 jobs?
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| 4 Feb 2009 |
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Board mulls over closing schools during Olympics
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| 3 Feb 2009 |
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2010 Security on Show in Vancouver?
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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U.S. military to assist in Vancouver
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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Everything Olympic dissected UBC students at conference have one day to discuss everything from media to civil rights with community leaders and academics
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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On police, sustainability and other point Olympic issues
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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Army, navy, police get ready for 2010 Games
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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Watchdog calls 2010 Games a security mega-event
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| 2 Feb 2009 |
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Olympic security test starts Wednesday
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| 1 Feb 2009 |
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Activists dispute claim of 2010 civil rights consultations
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| 1 Feb 2009 |
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Surveillance cameras must vanish after 2010?
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| 31 Jan 2009 |
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Military brass struggles to safeguard Olympics
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| 30 Jan 2009 |
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Warships, CF-18s test Olympic readiness
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| 30 Jan 2009 |
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Military camps run up massive bill
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| 29 Jan 2009 |
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'Colonial' Indian Act negates bands' authority to speak for them, Thevarge and Louie say
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| 28 Jan 2009 |
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Vancouver's credit rating downgraded over Olympic Village bailout
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| 28 Jan 2009 |
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Canadian Forces descending on Pemberton Olympic security exercise planned for February
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| 28 Jan 2009 |
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2010 ISU - V2010 ISU conduct voluntary vehicle screening in Whistler
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| 27 Jan 2009 |
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Olympic Village builder hires Jim Green
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| 27 Jan 2009 |
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2010 security force has eyes on protesters
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| 26 Jan 2009 |
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IOC sinks to new low by severing ties with charity World Olympic body has banned Right to Play from 2010 Games and ended its relationship with the humanitarian group
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| 26 Jan 2009 |
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Will it be a secure budget? Cost of security for 2010 Winter Olympics still not public with just one year to go
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| 26 Jan 2009 |
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Will it be a secure budget?
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| 26 Jan 2009 |
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Greenwashing the Games: The Olympics will leave a gigantic footprint on the city
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| 25 Jan 2009 |
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Vancouver police plan Downtown Eastside crackdown ahead of Olympics
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| 23 Jan 2009 |
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Olympics bill tops $6 billion — so far
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| 23 Jan 2009 |
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The cost of the Games
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| 23 Jan 2009 |
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Vancouver begins process of finding funds for 2010 Olympic athletes village
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| 23 Jan 2009 |
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Olympic security boss puts protesters on notice
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| 23 Jan 2009 |
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Activists concerned about right to protest
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| 22 Jan 2009 |
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IOC sinks to new low by severing ties with charity
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| 20 Jan 2009 |
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Critic warns Vancouver may muzzle 2010 opponents
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| 5 Jan 2009 |
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Olympic Village finances getting scary for taxpayers
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| 15 Dec 2008 |
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2010? I've Changed My Mind
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| 6 Dec 2008 |
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Can the 2010 Games avoid a financial crash?
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| 1 Dec 2008 |
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RCMP seeks rent-a-cops for 2010 Olympics
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| 29 Nov 2008 |
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CSIS turning to natives in search of information
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| 29 Nov 2008 |
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UK Regrets Hosting 2012 Olympics
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| 27 Nov 2008 |
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Clock off and Mukmuk on
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| 24 Nov 2008 |
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RBC takes $1.6-billion hit amid credit crisis
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| 21 Nov 2008 |
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Rogge: IOC must control cost of Olympic games
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| 18 Nov 2008 |
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Could jittery sponsors drop the torch?
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| 1 Nov 2008 |
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Report Finds Human Trafficking Risk at 2010 Olympics
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| 23 Oct 2008 |
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List of 2010 Olympic Sponsors
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| 18 Oct 2008 |
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Opposing sides claim success from Spirit Train
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| 12 Oct 2008 |
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B.C., feds divided on security costs for 2010 Olympics
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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Ottawa wants Vancouver organizers to include Afghan veterans in torch relay
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| 31 Jul 2008 |
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For some, not anymore. High-profile Beijing Olympics sponsors Kodak and Lenovo are pulling the plug on future Games
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| 6 Jul 2008 |
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U.S. jets will stand on guard during Vancouver Olympics
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| 29 May 2008 |
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Impacts, costs much greater than advertised activist claims
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| 11 May 2008 |
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Private security firms say they can't keep up with demand of 2010 Games
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| 5 May 2008 |
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Protests 'to get more violent'
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