Canadian Olympic Committee claims the flame logo of this three-year-old small business infringes on its trademark. COC lawyers say desist and pay them $5,000 for legal expenses. I’m quite certain this is […]
Extortion ?
Pigs at the trough, again
Time to bring this picture out of the archive, although I suspect we could link a story to it on many days. Michael Smyth of The Province documents how BC Liberals are […]
The Green Olympics
Because of warm weather and too little snow, Cathy Preistner-Allinger of VANOC says they will use wood and straw in place of snow on the Cypress Mountain venues. They also plan to […]
Beyond lies, nonsense and exaggeration
From Stephen Rees’s blog, Why do I talk to the CBC?: Gordon Campbell – like most politicians – loves being on tv. He enjoys the ribbon cutting moments, and always has a […]
What’s another billion
FIN alternatives, Jan 4/2010 An icy battle between a pair of hedge funds is casting a shadow over one of the central venues of this year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Davidson Kempner […]
Billionaire skates for Olympics
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has been pardoned, again. This time for his 2008 tax evasion and embezzlement convictions. The Korean businessman had been fined $109 million and given a three years […]
Some businesses still optimistic
CBC headlines, “Slopes are empty, Whistler Mayor tells skiers.” Mayor Melamed says an Olympic chill has descended, emptying the slopes. Apparently not all those in the hospitality industry have noticed a paucity […]
Bendy stretchy gang goes gold
Lululemon Athletica was publicly scolded by VANOC for unveiling a cheeky product line in honour of a “Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 & 2011.” For the […]
More artwork
Civic irony, but the mural is now restored
Update: voices heard. The artwork is restored. From Marsha Lederman at the Globe and Mail, Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural: The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural […]
Lying with dogs, rising with fleas
From Andrew MacLeod at The Tyee, Sun’s Olympic Reporter Was Paid to Write for IOC’s Magazine: The Vancouver Sun’s lead reporter on the Olympics, Jeff Lee, has over the years written […]
Not keeping the waters pure
Thomas Jefferson: The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be […]
The transparent fog
Bob Mackin writes at The Tyee:VANOC’s last board meeting opaque. His piece is longer but this interested me: On May 16, 2007, VANOC pledged to increase transparency by posting agendas before and […]
Falcon’s cry
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche! BC Liberal privateer Kevin Falcon has no sympathy, he says, for paramedics who should work overtime whenever demanded. Falcon accused the paramedics of jeopardizing patient lives by […]
Nov. 17/09 UPDATE from BCCLA
This is a development that adds information to the Northern Insights article Kinder, gentler mold.——————————————————– The Vancouver Police Department has responded to BCCLA demands that it refrain from using their newly acquired […]
Gentler, milder mould
Soon, Sgt. Pepper and his virile squad of spraying constables may represent a kinder, milder mould. Weapons technology is advancing rapidly and the 2010 Olympics provides Canadian police with opportunity and funding […]
Taking the gravy train
A reader of In-Sights provided this link to a Washington Post article. It seems timely, given recent evidence that BC Liberals have been overstating economic benefits from the 2010 Winter Games. Later, […]
Join that War on Terror
BC Liberal Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy said in the legislature Monday: . . . that 200-odd group of terrorists who came to Victoria from across Canada to interrupt the games. Anyone who […]
More Olympic history
Avery Brundage became President of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1929 and later took the IOC appointment of an American expelled for advocating a boycott of the Berlin Games. Brundage opposed the […]
Origins of our traditions
Excerpts from the New York Times, Hitler’s Berlin Games Helped Make Some Emblems Popular: “The torch relay is so ingrained in the modern choreography that most people today assume it was a […]
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