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  1. It was supposed to be a joke. However, that sovereigntist seemed to be serious, when she was reported to have said that Jean was "a slave of the English Canadian government." I wouldn't be surprised, if she had that real sick idea of having Jean and other Haitians living in Canada "to go back home." If logic dictates about her idea of a "pure Quebec", she would not apologize to Jean for her outrageous remarks. So, Kendegra, returning to what matters here, Michaelle Jean will be the one opening Vancouver 2010. That will be great to see her do it, if you are right about her end term date here. I just forgot the date, when she was inaugurated as Canada's GG and head of state.
  2. Not as stupid as someone wanting to blow up a bridge in Vancouver, according again to one "hyper-sensitive" news program. So much so that one of the RCMP officers used "American thinking" to catch the suspect. Oh, yeah, let's run over him with the police vehicle. Don't think it was intentional, but the news program tried to make it sound like it was. Sort of like one of those episodes from a TV show (no, not COPS) called Disorderly Conduct in America.
  3. Well, how long does Jean has in her term as Governor-General? If I am right, then she will not open the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Unless, there is some change in the rules that would allow her to do so. Otherwise, it will be someone else that is ENGLISH-SPEAKING. Besides, one so-called "righteous sovereigntist" used the "N" word to describe her last week. Lovely, isn't it? Even more of the sick sarcasm about "freeing Quebec from Canadian Communism." :rolleyes:
  4. Well, what does one expect when the Olympic Games is about to be held in the most-populous nation this August that the tickets for all events would be almost sold out? Link: CBC: 6.8 million tickets for Beijing Olympics nearly gone Let's see, if London 2012 can repeat this feat.
  5. Enough of that nonsense here, okay? Getting back on topic, I need this confirmed. There will be a change of plans of how the Olympic torch relay will be run, after the earthquake devastation on Sichuan province, right? On top of that, the Olympic torch run in Sichuan province will take place in August instead, just days before the opening ceremony and it will be the last province to experience it, before the torch goes directly to Beijing. Is that also right?
  6. Almost a week ago, VANOC has started calling for volunteers. Right now, it is looking for people that wants to volunteer for the Sport Events area.
  7. Mr.x, how is the tourism situation for the Vancouver area so far? If it is so bleak as our vaulted news programs claim to be, then it could put more pressure on Vancouver and the 2010 Winter Olympics to start bringing in the tourists, especially from overseas, back to Canada. Is Canada's image as a tourist destination getting beaten up? I don't believe that. Talk about exaggeration there, but the number of tourists coming to Canada seems to be at the lowest levels right now since Ottawa kept tabs on such statistics in 1972. We can pretty much seen the obvious factors on why it is occurring, from high gas prices to our Canadian dollar. Oh, by the way, CTV put out an article that Canada is ranked 11th in the Global Peace Index.
  8. Guess the fireworks in this issue begins tomorrow or Thursday, according to the CTV. Again, VANOC is being reported to be "inept" here by the same news network. Paraphrasically, it has been accused of being "the lapdog of the IOC" while the "true deadline" on whether the event can be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. So, do you think that women's ski jumping will be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics or will it more likely be held in Sochi 2014?
  9. With the awful catastrophe in Sichuan and with only a few weeks left before the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony, do you guys think that there would be a moment of silence for the victims as part of the official components of the ceremony itself? You know, like around the time of the official opening speeches by the BOCOG president and/or with Jacques Rogge, as examples.
  10. Well, at least the WWF or that Brit group wasn't getting militant, when it comes to protecting the Giant Panda. If some of you from Canada could compare of what I mean in an unrelated animal issue, then you would understand. This group, especially their leader, went overboard in its "claims of righteousness" then.
  11. I doubt it, baron. Besides, in a way your post has stated there, there will be some sort of a "Calgary to Vancouver" segment for the torch relay. However, I am very sure that the torch relay will start at the 3 territories area (Nunavut, Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory). Most likely, if it is allowed, at the true North Pole and then come on down south from there.
  12. About 12,000 spots, huh? I wonder how many of them will go to VIPs, like past Olympians as an example?
  13. I would love to see which of the towns that will have some sort of formal ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 torch. Mr.x, I am unsure about how this upcoming Olympic torch relay will enter BC. Will it enter from Alberta or from the Yukon?
  14. Well, I bet most of the casualties from this latest earthquake are most likely from the Han Chinese. Amongst all those ethnic groups living in China, including the Tibetans, a very large majority here are those of the Han.
  15. I hope all those zoologists and anyone else at that Giant Panda reserve are all right. It must be hard to not know what is going on there, especially with the possible plight of those iconic animals. Anyway, condolences for the survivors in Sichuan province.
  16. Isn't Sichuan (四川省) province home of the world's only true Giant Panda sanctuary? If so, then I hope the earthquake didn't make things worse for its survival, even though the area has recorded the most births of Giant Pandas ever.
  17. Well, I have to give Translink here credit for making the idea of having the Vancouver International Airport be connected to downtown Vancouver by SkyTrain a bold one. I do not think Toronto or Montreal have such transport service with their subway systems to their international airports. Yet, those two Canadian cities are bigger and "more well-known internationally" than Vancouver, according to that controversial university study about what is deemed a global city.
  18. Frankly, who cares about what China, Russia or other nations will end up turning into. Just make sure that these nations do not go arrogant and think that they can impose their views on others that disagree with it. However, that is easy to say that than actually putting it into practice, right? Just remember one thing that BOCOG has already said over and over again: the Olympic Games is "just another international sporting event." I tend to agree with that, but it is a lot difficult to show that, right?
  19. That article, Maryjane, reminded like the comment I posted earlier in another topic. It is almost like some of the Chinese people are already thinking that the "colonialists" may try to return to China to "take back their Chinese lands" from those earlier times. As an example, some are already saying (underground of course) that the British were not true to their word and could try to subvert the Hong Kong people to accept the return of becoming a British colony again, as an example, with the old flag. Talk about paranoia out of control in some ways. And, it is not just China here. Some say that these fears "has spread" to other countries in the region, like Myanmar. Hence, the government's "hostile reaction" to having aid given out by "foreign infidels." Now, in a different matter, it seems that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games may be giving rise to something even more sinister that has nothing to do with the Chinese whatsoever: the heating up of the Cold War. For example, the Russian armed forces are showing off their new armaments to tell the world that "we will become a superpower again." Kind of a bit of bad timing, when Sochi is preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Maybe CAF can tell me what is going on over there, but someone trying to exaggerate big time that the German Democratic Republic (GDR) could be returning again (flag, East Berlin as capital and so on)?? :o Like, give me a break here. You got to love the Internet for allowing such drivel to come out for all of us to see. China is about to host the Olympic Games and, all of the sudden, the negative news about it (directly and indirectly) just comes out like a flood from Noah's time. This torch relay has already given indication of that. Next thing you know, some group of very ignorant idiots are going to start reporting that the number of Olympic gold medals won by certain countries determines which countries "are a master race or civilization." I have indirectly heard that already, no thanks to someone from my part of the world that have officially said that "Beijing 2008 could be compared to Berlin 1936." I had to get that out of my chest. :angry: Really sad and tragic here!
  20. So, this is where the overall topic went to. All right. Love those new trains.
  21. And, then, there is the current situation in Myanmar.
  22. Didn't see this topic properly. Well, like the Shenzhen one, a bit of a preview for what will come Guangzhou's way in 2 years time: the 2010 Asian Games.
  23. Well, the women's field hockey groupings are complete and here they are to go for Olympic glory in this team event: GROUP A: Netherlands, Australia, China, Spain, Korea, and South Africa. GROUP B: Argentina, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the USA. Link: IOC -> Qualified for Beijing: Women’s Hockey Tournament
  24. It has been a long while, since this topic had any updates about this project. How is it going so far? Why I brought this topic back to the forefront because the Calgary aldermen and the city's transportation planning committee may be coming around and put one of Calgary's LRT lines underground in the downtown core. That undertaking could cost as much as the entire budget for the new West LRT line the city just approved for construction last month. In fact, there is a short tunnel suited for the LRT already done, as a test marker for future development of the idea.
  25. I keep forgetting to put this post up, but I still cannot believe that the town of Canmore and the Alberta government is going to go ahead with the plan: to "double the size" of the existing town. Literally, the province will re-create "a Swiss-like village" in the northern part of the town, which could have potentially at least one completely new ski resort to go along with the project.
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