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Terminator to carry torch. Unfortunately it will be in front of a green screen in a studio in Burnaby. Why This Is Vancouver's Last Super Spectacle. Because We Built This City on Boosterism, but we've done run out of room. Protesters target torch. A...

topics: burnaby, demonstrators

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There are the Vancouver Olympics, and there are the Vancouver Anti-Olympics. In this divided city we have two torches and two sets of mascots running around town. With days to go before the opening of the 2010 Olympic Games, this Saturday Vancouver h...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympic-games, olympics

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The House of Switzerland opened on Friday, exactly one week before the Opening Ceremonies. Located in Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island, the two-storey yellow structure will be adorned with the red and white colours of Switzerland until February...

topics: granville-island, restaurant

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So, I don't know about you guys, but over the years I've found some real gems in Vancouver alleyways, free sections of apartments, and thrift store free bins. A few days ago I found this book placed carefully on a chair in the alleyway outside my a...

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As the Olympics near, there is a general dread in the air regarding how the heck we Vancouverites are going to get from A to B when the crowds hit. Workers citywide are fearing hyper-extended commute times, and though no one really knows which roads ...

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As the Olympics near, there is a general dread in the air regarding how the heck we Vancouverites are going to get from A to B when the crowds hit. Workers citywide are fearing hyper-extended commute times, and though no one really knows which roads ...

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On the eve of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, publishing houses are crossing their fingers that books about the host city will fly of the shelves as souvenirs, guides and walks down memory lane. For an urban centre, Vancouver ...

topics: coffee, olympics, vancouver-2010

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An Olympic disaster? Complete rubbishWherein official sponsor of the 2010 Winter Games takes on those grumpy brits at The Guardian. If you're going to say the Vancouver Games cost $6-billion, have the decency to note $4-billion is for infrastructure...

topics: 2010-winter-games, tax, translink, vanoc

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An Olympic disaster? Complete rubbishWherein official sponsor of the 2010 Winter Games takes on those grumpy brits at The Guardian. If you're going to say the Vancouver Games cost $6-billion, have the decency to note $4-billion is for infrastructure...

topics: 2010-winter-games, tax, taxes, translink, vanoc

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I m going to start this entry my first on this blog by being honest and sharing a personal fact about myself. Ready for it? Here goes& My name is Kat and I m a bit of a bipolar advocate of the City of Vancouver.There s many times where I absolute...