http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=16107.html
Halloween anti-Olympic protests will test police vows
Rod Mickleburgh, Globe and Mail, Sept 21 2009
The first big test of vows by police and security that protests and
civil rights will be respected during the Olympics is headed for
normally sedate Victoria.
Olympic truce tradition hard for Canada to swallow
Organizers say they have no intention of asking troops fighting in Afghanistan to lay down arms during the Games
ROD MICKLEBURGH, Globe and Mail, Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009
ISU making house calls in Mount Currie
Olympic investigators are identifying potential threats throughout the corridor, says spokesperson
By Claire Piech, Published 2009-09-16, The Pique
Since June this year Constable Kirk Rattray and two other investigators with the Vancouver Integrated Security Unit have been meeting with individuals from the Lil'wat Nation.
Civil-rights activists fear police provocateurs at Vancouver Olympics
By Jeff Lee, Canwest News Service, September 16, 2009
VANCOUVER - Civil-rights activists say they're worried police are infiltrating anti-Olympics groups, with a plan to influence or direct illegal activities that would justify a crackdown during the 2010 Winter Games.
Vanoc to provide protesting pens during Olympics
B.C. Civil Liberties Association will train legal observers
By Damian Inwood, The Province, September 16, 2009
Vancouver 2010 plans to set up protest pens outside Games venues "in plain sight of the media and public."
Two corporate media articles on Helen Lenskyj's recent presentation at the University of BC regarding the Olympic industry. Jeff Lee's article is crap but a good example of the pro-Olympic slant he takes while attempting to appear as a real journalist (haha)...
At this link you can find the first part of Helen Lenskyj's talk at UBC's
Green College. Feel free to rebroadcast, crediting the
http://v2010isu.com/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=516&languageId=1&contentI...
NORAD exercise planned for west coast
Winnipeg, Man.: The Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command
(NORAD) Region (CANR) will conduct Exercise Fabric Virgo this week in
southwestern British Columbia in support of preparations for the
Olympic programs not a hit with teachers, school boards
By Kimberly Shearon, The Province, September 9, 2009
The B.C. government rolled out its Olympic education programs yesterday to less than enthusiastic support from teachers and school boards. The province spent $550,000 during the past three years developing the programs.
Olympic school program launch coincides with cuts
By Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Rat-infested hotel has no right to evict tenants, says city
By Doug Ward, VANCOUVER SUN, September 8, 2009
VANCOUVER -- The City of Vancouver is urging tenants of a Downtown Eastside hotel to stay put in their vermin-infested units despite an eviction notice issued by their landlord.
