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- Volunteering For The 2010 Olympics
  Posted by Orato
  A few weekends ago, I volunteered at a children’s camp, and it was a great experience. It was exciting to be around so much energy and be involved with such a great group of kids. The camp’s leaders were amazing - a dynamic group of people with personalities on all sides of the spectrum. After a great weekend of camp, the other leaders and I were talking about our experiences and I was asked: “So, do you volunteer often?”
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- 2010 And Sustainability: On Your Mark, Get Set, Plummet
  Posted by Orato
  So what do you think about holding the “greenest Games ever”? Well, there’s a good chance that you haven’t even heard of the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games being particularly green. And if you have, you probably realize that sustainability and Olympics have been associated more with being oxymorons than true companions. Plus, there’s another unsustainable factor looming...
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- Climb Aboard The Olympic Bandwagon
  Posted by Orato
  When will Vancouverites start waving the 2010 towel? You know, the white towel we all pull out if our local hockey team, the Vancouver Canucks, make the playoffs. The white towel we wave only at the last minute when we know everyone else will be waving it too. When it comes to the bandwagon, Vancouverites are lined-up down the block waiting to hop aboard. The media announce its arrival and we all run out the door. Even if we can’t get a seat, at least we can say we saw it go by.
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- Lost drama to carry on until 2010
  Posted by Jeff from BBC News
  There will be three more series of Emmy-winning TV show Lost before it finally ends in 2010. A "highly-anticipated and shocking finale" is being planned by TV network ABC, which acknowledged viewers may drift away unless the drama concludes.
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- Protesters Outnumber Supporters at 2010 Olympic Ceremony
  Posted by RobBaxter from Now Public
  Protesters seemed to outnumber supporters at Olympic flag lighting ceremony in Vancouver. In the public viewing area the chants of the protesters drowned out the speakers for most of the ceremony. People chanted “Homes not Games,” “No Olympics on Stolen Native Lands,” and “No Justice, No Peace.”
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- Wilderness Protector Sentenced to 10 months – Law Courts Locked Down.
  Posted by RobBaxter from Rbaxter.blogspot
  Betty Krawczyk was sentenced to 10 months in prison today for her involvement in protests against highway expansion at Eagleridge Bluffs. When observers of the proceedings attempted to ask questions about the extraordinary security measures in place, the court security responded by locking down the courts for almost two hours.
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- Harriet Nahanee Dies
  Posted by RobBaxter from Rbaxter.blogspot
  CBC Radio is reporting that Harrie Hahanee has died. Perhaps she will be remembered as the first person to die as a result of protesting development around the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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2010

Volunteering For The 2010 Olympics

2010 And Sustainability: On Your Mark, Get Set, Plummet

Climb Aboard The Olympic Bandwagon

Lost drama to carry on until 2010

Protesters Outnumber Supporters at 2010 Olympic Ceremony

Wilderness Protector Sentenced to 10 months – Law Courts Locked Down.

Harriet Nahanee Dies

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