Filed under: Vancouver 2010
In 20 short days the big show in Beijing will be all over. Criticism of China’s poor human rights record and smog (created as a result of our insatiable desire for cheap consumer goods) will be old news.
Media eyes have been playing cursory attention to Vancouver’s upcoming Winter Games for some time, but it seems the level of attention is about to ramp up.
Anne Casselman at Scientific American updates readers on the environmental costs of the Eagle Ridge Bluffs highway expansion, and in a sidebar, provides a tepid endorsement of LEED construction and hydrogen and fuel cell technology.
Jake Mohan at Utne Reader highlights homelessness and the dark side of Vancouver’s Olympic development, and includes a link to Briarpatch Magazine, which in this month’s issue has provided an excerpt from Christopher A. Shaw’s “Five Ring Circus”.
Mark Hume over at the Globe and Mail has saved his fellow journalists a whole heap of time and trouble by thoughtfully providing a lengthy and unflattering list of Olympic story ideas.
But never mind the doom and gloom. Your next chance to make a killing in Vancouver real estate, pollute our local shores with bunker fuel, and get great seats to Olympic events comes with a price tag as low as $189,000. “Affordable” cruise ship condominiums are coming to Vancouver. We are finally a world-class city!
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