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Stories critical of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies are in Vancouver Courier and Georgia Straight blogs.Vancouver Courier: Allen Garr's Opening ceremony lacks colour: http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/opinion/story.html?id=e5...

topics: john-furlong, new-westminster, olympics, vancouver-2010, vanoc

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Idon't think Furlong gets it . Reflecting multicultural diversity isn'tabout presenting stereotypes to the world or having token heads ofstate - It's about how we as generations of so-called visibleminorities live our lives and make ourselves in...

topics: 2010-winter-games, activist, federal-government, investigation, john-furlong

aggregated from: Vancouverite

After a good night's sleep, lets recap the Opening Ceremony. Overall I give a good solid B. It wasn't an embarrassment. It was kind of like a community theater production compared to the Beijing Games, but that worked, cause we are like a community t...

topics: john-furlong, poet, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: Vancouverite

I know John Furlong said I don't think it's classy but the social medias are abuzz over the Opening Ceremony Dress Rehearsal that just finished. Reuters didn't seem to really care: ....featuring gigantic ice-like totem poles, a light show, dancers ...

topics: fireworks, john-furlong, mayor, vancouver-2010

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John Furlong, chief executive officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee said, As it nears its final destination, we want everyone to share the pride and surprise of the moment and as the identity of the final torch bearer is revealed. The host ...

topics: john-furlong, olympic-games, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: TheTyee.ca

Jeff Lee says his editors cleared him to take free-lance job, can't recall fee. ...

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell sits in a bobsled at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, B.C. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. Campbell was in Whistler to take part in the one year countdown celebration to the Olympics in Whistler and Vancouve...

topics: city-of-vancouver, design, downtown, economy, employment

aggregated from: Downtown Eastside Enquirer

It's Judy's Guantanamo Bay. Carnegie Center, under the supervision of City Manager Judy Rogers' supervision, has moved from being the site of chronic human rights abuses targeting the poor to being the site of outright fraud targeting the poor. John ...

topics: john-furlong, olympic-games, vanoc

aggregated from: Downtown Eastside Enquirer

It's Judy's Guantanamo Bay. Carnegie Center, under the supervision of City Manager Judy Rogers' supervision, has moved from being the site of chronic human rights abuses targeting the poor to being the site of outright fraud targeting the poor. John ...

topics: john-furlong, olympic-games, vanoc

aggregated from: theleftcoast.ca

Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong spoke to the BC Business Council on Thursday. The audience was not sure if he was trying to be funny or serious with some of his remarkFurlong suggested that businesses urge their employees to take vacation during t...

topics: john-furlong, olympic-games, olympics, whistler