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Feb. 17, 2010 / Gordon Price

O9 – Security

Question: why is there no securtity at cultural events? Why, when attending a Cultural Olympiad event at the Queen Elizabeth…

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Feb. 16, 2010 / Gordon Price

Sustainability Time

Coverage begins to pick up on the green theme. First, the announcement that the Olympic Village was “awarded LEED Platinum…

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Feb. 16, 2010 / Gordon Price

Lights Up!

Oh, this is brilliant: Locations of the best lighting installations for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler – with…

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Feb. 16, 2010 / Gordon Price

08 – Colours

The best ones can be drawn by a child. They’re recognizable from a distance. They can be flown back or front…

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Feb. 14, 2010 / Gordon Price

07 – Spaces

The Olympics have quickly taken on an emotional depth not many of us expected, having been inured by the ceaseless cynicism…

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Feb. 13, 2010 / Gordon Price

O6 – Guides

As much fun as exploring our city garbed in red and white are the views and discoveries of those from…

Feb. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Wow

Trust me: this is extraordinary. On the other hand, the Google homepage logo for the Games: blecch.…

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Feb. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

O5 – Faces

Finally, we get to see who’s here, and who we are. The Torch has brought out the people of Vancouver. …

Feb. 11, 2010 / Gordon Price

O4 – Lessons

Is it just me – a carless West Ender – who finds the quiet streets of downtown downright eerie? I…

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Feb. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

O3 – Light

Confident prediction #2 – We won’t miss the helicopters after the Olympics. They’re a constant presence over the downtown now; one…

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Feb. 07, 2010 / Gordon Price

O1 – Quiet Time

On return from Seattle this Superbowl Sunday: the traffic light, the border quick, the city gray and quiet. After three days away,…

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Jan. 28, 2010 / Gordon Price

Game Changes

There’s more happening in Vancouver as the Olympics approach than I can keep track of. Fortunately I have PT readers…

Jan. 27, 2010 / Gordon Price

Doing Vancouver One Better

Nick Christensen, a writer with the Hillsboro Argus (Hillsboro is a distant suburb of Portland), spent a recent weekend in…

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Jan. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

Missed opportunity

Back in 2005, “City Comforts” guy David Sucher recommended this for Whistler: Those of you who know the winter resort…

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