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Blog
Mara Kardas-Nelson and Alex Samur
| A group of over 500 Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents and their supporters gathered at Pigeon Park in Vancouver today at a rally called "No More Empty Talk, No More Empty Lots." |
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Podcast
Jane Williams
| W2 opened in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside two days before the 2010 Olympics started. The Media House aims to be a centre for indy journalists to report on the Games and the anti-Olympic convergence. |
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Blog
Meagan Perry
| Police seen with real live guns in downtown Vancouver. |
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Blog
Meagan Perry
| Olympic resistance network legal observers report that 13 people were arrested at Saturday's protests. Of those, only 4 are still in custody on Sunday morning. |
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Blog
Scott Harris
| Early on an apparent agent provocateur moved into the crowd, pushing and taunting marchers before darting to the sidewalk, at times stopping to talk with police before running forward. |
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Blog
rabble staff
| Over the next two weeks rabble.ca bloggers and staff will be sharing their experiences from Vancouver including the anti-Olympics resistance actions and alternative events. |
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Blog
Paul Boin
| CTV and NBC seem to have made a barbaric and Machiavellian decision for ratings. |
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Blog
Mara Kardas-Nelson
| Thousands march to BC Place to "welcome" the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, highlighting concerns from environmental degradation to First Nations' rights. |
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Blog
Meagan Perry
| Protesters block torch relay in the home stretch. |
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Blog
Pina Belperio
| Over the past few weeks, mysterious black tents have been spotted at major intersections in Whistler, affectionately nicknamed Pigloos. |
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Columnists
Rick Salutin
| B.C. has always been a centre of excellence for the Olympians of citizen protest. Vancouver is its Athens; they could send out the torch from Whistler. |
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Blog
Meagan Perry
| The Integrated Security Unit announces "safe assembly areas" on the eve of the opening ceremonies. |
