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The Vancouver Observer Jun 16th, 2011
WEEK IN REVIEW
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Vancouver riot clean up brings city back together
CANUCKS | Jenny Uechi
What made Ted, a high school student, come to clean up after the riots from yesterday's Stanley Cup loss? "Shame," he said, lowering his eyes. "We want to show that not all Canucks fans are like that...

Breakdown in authority: photos of Vancouver Stanley Cup riots
CANADA | Staff Reporter
More dramatic photos of the Vancouver Canucks riot by Matthew Zylstra Sawatzky.

Facebook user becomes infamous after claiming role in Vancouver riot
NEWS | The Canadian Press
Until Thursday, the name Brock Anton probably didn't mean much to most Canadians online, other than his 534 friends on Facebook. But by the end of the day, he was one of the most frequently discussed...

Riots in Vancouver after Canucks lose Stanley Cup: live blog and photos
NEWS | Linda Solomon and Parisa Azadi
The following is a live blog of the Vancouver riots compiled by twitter updates made by people witnessing the events taking place downtown.   Identify the perpetrators! Post and spread the word!...

Vancouver police blame anarchists and drunken youth for riots
NEWS | Jenny Uechi
Vancouver police chief told media today that the riots downtown after the Stanley Cup final game last night was started by anarchists and made worse by intoxicated youth.  "The rioters were...

CNN calls Vancouver "Loser City"
CITY | Anja Konjicanin
Ouch. And just yesterday, we were the most livable city. Here's the best from a bad day for Brand Vancouver.

Photos: Vancouver descends into riot chaos after Stanley Cup loss
CANADA | Parisa Azadi
It was a side of Vancouver that many had not seen before: Canucks fans smashed and burned cars on the streets and parking lots in downtown Vancouver. Rioters were laughing and cheering, getting their...

The morning after: shame on WHO??
PSYCHED | Candace Plattor
This August will mark 30 years since I intentionally and consciously made Vancouver my home. Throughout these years, I have always been very happy about that decision – until the hockey game was...

Canucks fans "humiliated" over Stanley Cup riot
CANUCKS | Vanessa Yee
Fans are left ashamed and embarrassed over the chaos that ensued after the Stanley Cup final.

Vancouver riot: stupid young men
OPINION | Evan Hu
Let's not blame the game of hockey and its fans for the riot that followed the Vancouver loss in the Stanley Cup Final.  Or make the predictable mumbo-jumbo excuses  of ...

The clean up begins as Facebook Vancouver crew rallies and police give instructions on how to help
NEWS | Staff Reporter
A Facebook page set up last night in response to the overwhelming sense of disgust by the vast majority of Vancouver to the riots has volunteers signing on to the clean up efforts.  Meanwhile,...

Rioting in Vancouver: photos
CANUCKS | Mark Donovan
Vancouver's downtown area turns into riot zone as hoodlums and intoxicated fans set cars on fire and smash windows after Game 7 loss to Boston Bruins.
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Fire on Georgia Street as Canucks lose to Bruins and "yobs" burn car
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Wendy Stueck, of the Globe and Mail, writes on Yfrog: At a time when people dying for democracy, yobs burn a car on georgia post #canucks game http://yfrog.com/kld50wj Fire on Georgia, as Bruins...
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