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Google adding 2010 Winter Games venues, athletes' villages to Street View
Vancouver :: Canada | about 23 hours ago
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Google is planning to give the world a sneak peek at the venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Starting next week, Google will be capturing images in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., for its Street View feature. The service allows users to search for an address...
Tags: Vancouver, winter olympic, Canada, Bylaw, Winter Olympics, Bylaw enforcement officer, Whistler British Columbia, Google Street View, Civil liberties, Gregor Robertson, Technology Internet, Year of birth missing, Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, Google Earth, Google Maps, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Ambush marketing, Google
Coke unveils bottle partially made from plants
Vancouver :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility Plastic Coke bottles sold during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver will be partially made of material derived from plants. (Canadian Press) Coca-Cola has introduced a new bottle that is 30 per cent derived from plant-based waste material.
Tags: Vancouver, Canada, Coca-Cola, Cola, Bottle, Perￃﾺ Cola, Two-liter bottle, Recyclable materials, Polyethylene terephthalate, Plastic, Human Interest, Environment, Winter Olympics, Getty Images, Year of birth missing, Gregor Robertson
After one year in office, Vancouver mayor says Games burden and blessing
Vancouver :: Canada | 13 days ago
Credibility The first six months of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Roberston's mandate brought multiple crises. Continued Below While all those issues would be hard to handle at the best of times, Roberston has faced them with the added pressure of the upcoming 2010 Winter...
Tags: Vision Vancouver, Robertson, Gregor Roberston, vancouver mayor, Canada, Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, Winter Olympics, Los Angeles
Job cuts likely option to balance Vancouver budget
Toronto :: Canada | 13 days ago
Credibility V ancouver city council members are to be briefed on Tuesday on options for cutting a $28.1-million gap in the 2010 operating budget – a challenge complicated by the fact that the city is not legally allowed to run a deficit. “We are facing unprecedented...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Library, Year of birth missing, Vancouver, Gregor Robertson
Village gets a new reputation as it moves from problems to praise
Vancouver :: Canada | 22 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 2:24AM EST T here were no dancing mascots when Mayor Gregor Robertson announced earlier this year that Vancouver taxpayers were "on the hook" for the $1-billion Olympic athletes village, which was then mired in...
Tags: Vancouver Organizing Committee, winter games, Canada, Gregor Robertson, winter olympic
Vancouver mayor considering pedestrian and cyclist bridge
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Vancouver — The Canadian Press Last updated on Friday, Jul. 03, 2009 12:13AM EDT V ancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says he's considering plans for a $45 million pedestrian and cyclist bridge across False Creek. Robertson's announcement comes less than...
Tags: False Creek, Gregor Robertson
Olympic curling rink unveiled
Vancouver :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility The Vancouver Olympic organizing committee unveiled its new curling rink Thursday to much fanfare about the timely nature in which it and all other Olympic facilities were finished...With nearly a year to go before the Games, the completed facilities...
Tags: Gregor Robertson
Vancouver needs 2010 Olympic bail-out
Vancouver :: Canada | 10 months ago
Credibility The western Canadian city of Vancouver is seeking a $458 million bailout loan to complete building Olympic Village for the 2010 Winter Games. Mayor Gregor Robertson e-mailed British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell last week saying construction money...
Vancouver mayor dumps city manager
Vancouver :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility In his first week on job, Vancouver's new mayor has announced a major shakeup at city hall. Mayor Gregor Robertson and his new city council announced Friday they have decided to replace the city's top bureaucrat, city manager Judy Rogers.
Tags: Vancouver, city manager, Gregor Robertson
Vision prevails in landslide Vancouver victory
Vancouver :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility There will have to be some announcements soon, and I think it's important the Mayor of Vancouver be outspoken about the need to have a good formula that protects the taxpayers," he said in an interview yesterday. Last month, the federal government conceded...
Tags: City of Vancouver, Vision Vancouver party, Gregor Robertson
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