The sputtering effort at lighting the Olympic torch in Jack Poole Plaza last week hardly lived up to the spirit Vancouver brought to the Games eight years ago this month. The Vancouver 2010 Winter and Paralympic Games has been analyzed for its medal wins, its sundry controversies and its cost. However, there are those who […]
Wow. The anti-Olympics rabble that showed up at Vancouver City Hall last night probably couldn’t have succeeded in dissing more people in 30 minutes if they tried. I decided to go last night with my child to see the lighting of the Olympic flags at a ceremony at City Hall. We parked a block away […]
Photo: News1130's Robert Linden Thieves vandalized the Olympic flagpole at Vancouver City Hall last night, cut the cable holding the flag, took down the emblem of the Olympic Games, destroying the flag in the process. These mouth-breathers took the Olympic flag from where it flies at Vancouver City Hall. The cost to replace the flag? […]