Protesters block Olympic torch relay
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Anti-Olympic activists forced the 2010 Olympic torch run to divert from its planned route Friday night as the relay headed toward what was supposed to be a triumphant finale at the B.C. legislature. Several hundred protesters, angry that billions are being spent on the Olympics instead of housing...
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- News Source: Star Phoenix | about 1 month agoThe only arrest happened when a protester allegedly assaulted a plainclothes officer.
- News Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press | about 1 month agoInstead, they were taken several miles away to Victoria's waterfront. Then, more than a half-dozen participants lined up side-by-side along the road, where they passed the flame from torch to torch without running their segments. The run resumed with...
- News Source: Toronto Star | about 1 month agoFirst Nations chiefs carry the torch by canoe Oct. 30, 2009 before passing it to former gold medallists Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doan who lit the torch in the Olympic cauldron. Anti-Olympic activists forced the 2010 Olympic torch run to...
- News Source: NewKerala | about 1 month agoAthletes will transport the flame across 45,000-kilometres using dog sleds, canoes and an airplane to reach into the far north of Canada. The relay will take three and a half months before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony Feb 12. Le May-Doan is a...
- News Source: Leader Post Online | about 1 month agoWhat started as a peaceful protest in Victoria's Centennial Square grew increasingly disruptive Friday evening as a group of 200 protesters blocked the Olympic relay's route cutting one leg of the relay short. Just after 6:30 p.m., as the torch made...
- News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | about 1 month agoWhitfield, who won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and silver at the 2008 Beijing Games, resides in Victoria, British Columbia, where the relay started. Le May Doan is the only Canadian to successfully defend an individual Olympic title, having won...
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- Blog Source: mostlywater.orgThat could be the opening scene of the Canadian Olympic torch relay, which begins in Victoria on Friday and is expected to draw protesters along its 106-day route leading up to the opening of the Winter Games. The international relay ahead of last
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- Blog Source: www.closetcanuck.comThis historic moment marks the start of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. Arriving direct from Athens, Greece, the torch will begin its journey across Canada, traveling 45000 km (27961 miles) before arriving back in Vancouver, ... The Olympic
- Blog Source: www.trainharder.comVancouver Olympic organizers unveiled Friday morning the route the Olympic torch relay will take through more than a thousand Canadian communities beginning next year, from Victoria to the Far North to Newfoundland. The event is scheduled to kick off
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