2010 Olympics
Olympic economic boost smaller than pre-games promise
By October 27, 2011 10:14 am 8 commentsPricewaterhouse Coopers today released a seventh report on the impacts of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, again showing the promised boost to British Columbia's GDP is yet to materialize. Read more…
Whistler sees big post-Olympics drop in hotel occupancy
By October 13, 2011 12:47 pmWhistler hotels experienced their lowest occupancy in four years in the first quarter of 2011. That represents an 8.3 per cent drop from the Olympic year and a 7.6 per cent drop from 2009, the year after the stock market collapsed and the world slipped into recession. Read more…
Filed inTourism booted off podium in BC throne speech, says critic
By October 4, 2011 11:27 amTourism was notably absent from yesterday's speech from the throne, said New Democratic Party critic Spencer Chandra Herbert. Read more…
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BC Ferries spent $2 million on Olympic ship wrap project
By June 21, 2011 10:04 am 4 commentsBritish Columbia Ferry Services Inc. spent $2 million on a promotion that included wrapping new vessels in Olympic logos, a project a spokesperson says was good value for the boost it gave BC Ferries and provincial tourism. Read more…
Fortress reports big fourth quarter gains
By March 4, 2011 11:58 am 1 commentsNew York-based hedge fund reduced to quarter-ownership of Whistler Blackcomb through Intrawest Read more…
Filed inOlympic Village protests ends in 10 arrests
By February 28, 2011 03:03 pm 1 commentsTen housing activists were arrested on Saturday for break and enter and trespassing on Olympic Village property, but were later released without charges. Read more…
Filed inVanoc leaked documents requested by CBC to competitors
By February 8, 2011 04:40 pm 11 commentsThe Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics (Vanoc), aware that the CBC was investigating the death of an Olympian luger, leaked documents to competitors The Globe and Mail and CTV. Read more…
Filed inBC SPCA left out of FOI coverage, despite recommendations
By February 4, 2011 04:35 pm 2 commentsAs politicians consider giving the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals more money in the wake of sled dog killings in Whistler, they might also consider acting on a recommendation to bring the agency under more public oversight. Read more…
Lawsuit against VANOC, RCMP cleared for takeoff
By February 3, 2011 11:30 am 2 commentsA British Columbia Supreme Court judge gave the green light Wednesday for a helicopter skiing company's lawsuit to proceed against the Vancouver Olympic committee and the federal and B.C. governments. Read more…
Filed inNDP criticism a thorn in Furlong's side
By February 2, 2011 09:01 am 22 commentsThe Vancouver Olympics chief executive slams Carole James and its one-time Olympics critic in his memoir, Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country. Read more…
Filed inAnti-Olympic activist gets his RCMP file
By January 14, 2011 01:15 pm 3 commentsA Vancouver software developer who opposed the 2010 Winter Olympics has received RCMP files that show the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit deemed him a "person of interest," spied on him, and monitored him online.
"They were afraid of me because I had interests in things," Joe Bowser said. Read more…
Filed inVANOC agreement boosted Whistler Blackcomb numbers
By January 3, 2011 02:33 pmWhistler Blackcomb saw fewer visits in the 2010 fiscal year, but a venue agreement with Olympic organizers helped put the company over its 2009 totals. Read more…
Filed inRCMP denies US consulate claim
By December 21, 2010 09:35 pm 2 commentsThe RCMP is denying a claim that the extensive Olympic security duty compromised ongoing drug investigations. Read more…
Filed inMLAs declared gifts received, including travel and Olympic tickets
By December 20, 2010 02:16 pm 5 commentsA Liberal backbench MLA took $14,500 worth of trips to China and Korea, the NDP's environment critic travelled to Denmark on a union's tab and a Liberal MLA from the Peace River watched the Olympic gold medal women's hockey game courtesy of Encana Corporation. Read more…
Filed inOlympic economic impact less than promised
By December 17, 2010 02:26 pm 8 commentsNew reports on hosting the 2010 Olympic Winter Games show the economic impact in British Columbia was much lower than politicians promised before the games. Read more…
What they mean when they say 2010 Games ‘broke even’
By December 16, 2010 09:30 am 2 commentsLast February’s Winter Olympics will be forever remembered for red mittens and red ink because of the must-have souvenir and the Great Recession. Read more…
Filed in‘Green Games’ claims under scrutiny
By December 15, 2010 07:40 pm 1 commentsVANOC will publish its self-authored, post-Olympic sustainability report card Friday, reigniting the debate over whether the Vancouver Games were truly the greenest. Read more…
Filed inWhy CTV opted for controversial coverage of luger’s death
By December 15, 2010 02:45 pm 1 commentsOn February 12, 2010, no one knew how seriously Nodar Kumaritashvili was injured -- only that he had been taken away in an ambulance. And that CTV owned the only video of the crash. In minutes, CTV News Director Margo Harper needed to make a decision -- to air or not to air the dramatic crash footage -- that has since become the subject of widespread debate and complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Read more…
Filed inCanucks owners interested in Olympic Village
By November 19, 2010 11:31 amCould the owners of the Vancouver Canucks add the Olympic Village to their real estate portfolio? Read more…
Filed inCity of Vancouver puts troubled Olympic Village into receivership
By November 17, 2010 06:19 pm 3 commentsThe City of Vancouver announced Wednesday that Ernst and Young was assuming control of the Millennium Southeast False Creek Properties and the Millennium Water development. Read more…
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2010 Games over, but financial clean up far from it
'Greenest Games' had diesel-burning, American bus fleet
Coroner recommends safety audits following Olympic luge death
Premier's UBCM speech recalls Olympic glory
Olympic Village woes continue
Metro streetcar strategy starts to roll
Block Bell's CTV buy, say open media advocates
Minister Coleman involved in Games liquor closures
VANOC's motorcoach madness down south
Social housing activists hold sit-in at former Olympic athletes village
BC Hydro put $100,000+ managers to work on low-level Olympics jobs
Olympic protesters complaint to cops dismissed
Olympic budget blown by $325 million
HST point man Hansen is Olympic minister again
Olympic cauldron, now with spy camera
Intrawest approaches Russian to buy Whistler Blackcomb: Wall Street Journal
City hall won't release names of invitees to Olympic bash
PavCo spent $20,404 on Olympic tix
Province to pay VANOC $10M for Olympic assets
Liberal friend got free Olympic tix
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BC government releases Olympic ticket recipient list
Olympic bus driver widow says husband worked 12-hour days
No fire drill at Olympic stadium
Minister says he's not 'pissing around' on Hydro hotel tab
WorkSafe worried about BC Place cauldron, roof
Hydro spent $46,000 on burgers and beer for Olympics suite
Vancouver to cough up another $32 million for Olympic Village housing
Ministry promised to pay Hydro back for hotel room: Lekstrom
Minister's hotel stay on Hydro tab raises questions: union
Furlong may pen book about Olympic experience
Gary Lunn racks up $180K in travel expenses
Government hides price tag for harbour rings
MLAs were advised on accepting Olympic gifts
VANOC sells assets, tallies budget
Poet Slams VANOC Paralympic transportation system
Whistler market, claiming Olympics hurt sales, may sue landlord
Olympics killed year’s worth of business, says heliski firm suing VANOC
Smidgen of 'Olympic bounce' for Premier Campbell: poll
Who had best seats for Olympic hockey gold?
Sochi Olympics organizer blasts environmentalists for attempting to 'derail' preparations
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Have you noticed all the "game-changing" in the news recently?
Premier Christy Clark's plan to build two liquified natural gas export facilities in B.C.? "Game changer."
Former ICBC president Robyn Allan's damning report on the economic risks of Northern Gateway? "Game changer."
Mitt Romney's new debate coach? The coming Nintendo console? Kickstarter?
All "game-changers," my friends.
Are we on the cusp of some serious status-quo shake-up, or something? This week, count on The Tyee to scope out and debunk the latest game changers -- whatever that means -- here in B.C. and beyond. -- Robyn Smith
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