The costs of the Olympics were absurdly higher than VANOC or any level of government was ready to admit. The final number will come in north of $8 billion. How much north we may never know due to a r
I don't much like my country these days, indeed haven't for the last week or so. Is it simply a case of me being an anti-Olympic no-fun grinch? Maybe. Or maybe it’s something else...
The question is not whether opposing elements will meet in the streets. The question is what happens when they do?
Here's the final installment of the District of North Vancouver's response to me about why Olympic corporate sponsors could use Distirct property to promote themselves. Dr. Shaw: Sorry for the...
We learned this week that Fortress, the company that acquired Whistler-Blackcomb from a bankrupt Intrawest, is now in default to its creditors. The news sparked speculation that the resort might clos
And what do I think of this? I think it's pathological.
Some predictions for February's Olympic circus
With the consumer frenzy of the holidays now past and the grey drizzly skies of January above us, many seem to have descended into their own winter of discontent. In part, the...
Anti-Olympic organizers in Vancouver scored a hat trick over the last seven days, beginning with a declaration from the “Security Games” forum issued after last weekend’s meeting at the Simon Fraser...
Much has been made in the mainstream media (i.e., the large scale commercial media) about the “disgraceful” disruption of the opening of the 2010 Olympic torch relay by a motley collage of anarchist...
