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Amy Goodman Gets Brilliant Story Idea from Canadian Border Guards

... longer priorities for border officials. When questioning people entering the country, ask them what they think about the speed skating ... already posted on this. Expect that in days, millions of people who never gave the 2010 Games a thought will now be asking, "What the ...

Haiti Report: "No Water, No Food. People in Canada Would Have Rioted By Now..."

... situation here continues to deteriorate with many people now out of water, and food. We just had another call from the Ethnology ... of what looked to me like grass with peanut husks. People in Canada would have rioted by now. ************************** ...

What We Saw at the Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

... and demonstrating Sochi 2014’s intention to involve people from all cultures and backgrounds.   Moments before the ... a gold medal in men's hockey. Canada owned the podium, people were saying, when it came to gold medals--- and all of Canada was ...

Black Bloc Explains Motives in "Communique From Olympic Resisters"

... forget that economic violence goes on daily in Vancouver. People are suffering and dying from preventable causes because welfare doesn't ... Instead, the black bloc is a tactic: it is something people *do* in order to accomplish a specific purpose. By wearing black ...

American Journalist's Article Compares Canada to Nazi Germany

... and am sorry he so apparently feels the need to tear a people down.  A country that welcomed him and the world with joy and ... and by a large, welcoming, gregarious crowd of peaceful people singing the Canadian Anthem. Perhaps he is unaware that a good portion ...

Creating the People's History of 2010: Accredit Yourself and Start Reporting, Partying, and Schmoozing with the World

... protest, or observe, my admonition is to document the people's history about how the Olympics interacts with our communities ... name getting all hassled - why can't anyone just leave people alone - makes ya wanto head to the mountains and live in a bunker." ...

Arrest Outside North Van Chlorine Facility Highlights Concerns About Dangerous Transports Through Greater Vancouver

... for severe chlorine poisoning . Nearly 5,400 people living within a mile of the crash were evacuated for over a week. 3. ... jumped the tracks, chlorine leached out, killing three people, including the conductor, leaving 50 in the hospital. In San Antonio, ...

Olympic Nation

... over the heads and food in the bellies of 300 homeless people.  It's nowhere the same as the battle that a number of groups fight ... story for punch ) doesn't help you put that view across to people. You seem to be implying that drunk hockey fans are at one end of a ...

Do You Have a Headset for Your Cell Phone?

... what is coming down the pike, especially since a lot of people are going to be needing headsets shortly. Will also tell you now that I ... trick to getting comments is to dangle prizes in front of people :-) Now we have a contest! I knew if I poked people enough I'd get ...

Slavery isn’t Sexy: A Hard Look at the Underbelly of the Olympics

... human trafficking as “…illegal movement of people for the purpose of exploitation in the form of commercial sex, domestic ... laws to guarantee protection of trafficked persons. People in this situation are terrified to speak because they do not trust ...