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An olympic host city must live up to its designation

Posted by Jonathan Ross

Is this the kind of offering we are going to be hosting our high level guests with?

Is this the kind of offering we are going to be hosting our high level guests with?

When you invite someone over to your house, and happen to have a financial setback in between the invitation and the arrival, one might cancel the dinner until things become a little more stable.

In the case of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver doesn’t have that option.

So, in light of the fact that Vancouver has joined with other municipalities to attract business interest in the region during the Olympics, aside from the fact that the City will be hosting many official delegations – whether political, diplomatic, sports-related or corporate – this criticism makes absolutely no sense to me.

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Tue May 22, 2012

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FACT OF THE DAY

In 2010, Vancouver had fewer than half the number of murders than it had in 2009.  There were nine homicides within Vancouver’s city limits, down from 19 killings the previous year.

Quote OF THE DAY

“Perhaps it was my silk dress or the new perfume I’ve been wearing lately. When I asked Suzanne Anton what her New Year’s resolution was, she replied, “To kiss a pretty girl!” and pecked me on the cheek.”  – Writer Emily Barca describing her encounter with the lone NPA City Councillor on New Year’s Eve.

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