aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Recently my friend Rattan Mall of the Indo Canadian Voice phoned me up to ask me what kind of responses the Chinese community has over the lack of multicultural representation in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic.I told him, ot...

topics: olympics, political, vancouver-2010, vanoc

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Official material from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games will only tell part of a complex story, which is why the people at the Vancouver archives, busy collecting material from the Olympics, have asked for any groups affected by the games to contribu...

topics: city-of-vancouver, olympic-games, olympics, vancouver-2010, vanoc

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Good thing that leprosy is curable now. Cause given how they've been unable to free the torch, I'm not sure VANOC could figure out how to deal with this. Close call. Hilarious headline. (Via The Province)...

topics: vancouver-2010, vanoc

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

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

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

2nd Olympic security lapse at BC Place. +Nine hospitalized in Olympic concert chaos at LiveCity Yaletown+Vancouver man sues ticket broker over Olympic hockey tickets+WTF!? U.S. Department of Homeland Security monitoring social media for Olympics, inc...

topics: concert, olympics, richmond, ski, vanoc

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

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

I can see why GM has been going out of business. Whether it is the ugly fleet of cars they gave to VANOC or the media bombing of TV ads during the CTV coverage featuring their stupid talking cars. And they even had the time and money to do outtakes....

topics: vancouver-2010, vanoc

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Took my folks to see Short Track last night where 20-year old birthday girl Canadian Marianne St-Gelais won silver in the women's 500m final. I dropped them right off at Dundas & Kaslo (Renfrew is closed) and was able to pick them up with no hassle 3...

topics: sailing, vancouver-2010, vanoc

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

International media distorts the Downtown Eastside community. I mean, local media does too, but international media does now too. What the World is saying about Vancouver: No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other peop...

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

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

International media distorts the Downtown Eastside community. I mean, local media does too, but international media does now too. What the World is saying about Vancouver: No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other peop...

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