The Scene
Jul 7th, 2010
None of us in The Vancouver Observer office can afford to run out and buy the iPad, the latest technological wunder-gadget. But that won’t stop us from dreaming up ways to get our hands on this...
Unauthorized
Feb 9th, 2010
One of these days, and I look forward to it, we're going to think about the fact that the torch relay began as Nazi propoganda. Sure, we have a new line to the airport, and I bet it plays well...
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Feb 5th, 2010
The Australian team, who are now in the Athletes Village, unfurled a flag of a Kangaroo with boxing gloves from their balcony. But it's not an official flag of the Olympics! Team spirit at an...
Just Between Us
Jan 17th, 2010
"Buffoons want to expose us to ourselves. In making fun of us, they want us to smarten up."
Unauthorized
Jan 14th, 2010
Every day there seems to be a new needle in our eye. The latest is the Cypress Moutain closure. The slopes of Cypress were not meant to be in Olympic' hands until February 1st. If...
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Jan 4th, 2010
Amy Goodman and why her next Column is likely to be "The Police State North of the 49th Parallel" (Laugh, cry, but whatever you do, read on.)
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Jan 2nd, 2010
Now that it's officially 2010(c) I asked my landlord to get court-approved proof that I wouldn't be arrested for writing "2010" on my rent cheque. As the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) has...
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Dec 23rd, 2009
Warning: This story contains a merry Olympic Christmas carol at the end for our friends in Brazil.
Olympics
Dec 23rd, 2009
Once again, pesky Canadian law is in the way of the Olympic spirit shining as brightly as it must in Vancouver this February, but thanks to IOC, something is being done about it. In the tome that is...
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Dec 18th, 2009
I guess the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) feel they're not yet loathed enough by Vancouverites if being a cry-baby over Lululemon's latest clothing line is any indication. Now, I've had my...
