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Olympic Fashion

February 27, 2010
By BonnieSainsbury

by @bsainsbury Even at Myriam Laroche’s Eco Fashion Show on Friday night, Olympic red was evident. Red has taken over the city. Today on the 4th Avenue bus there were two very well dressed women wearing their homage to patriotic red. Puffy quilted designer vests, a red silk scarves paired with Rock & Republic jeans...
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(not so) Ordinary Heros

February 26, 2010
By BonnieSainsbury

Hasn't this been a party? Everyone I speak to says the same thing. The Olympic experience is so far above anything they could have imagined. Yes, there are long line-ups and packed skytrains, endless security checks and people everywhere you go. It's an opportunity...
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How I Became a Hockey Fan

February 25, 2010
By BonnieSainsbury
How I Became a Hockey Fan

by @bsainsbury I’m Canadian, but I wasn’t a hockey fan until tonight. My friend Barbara came in from White Rock and we’d originally agreed to go to Heineken House in Richmond. She arrived at Waterfront Station a little later than she’d planned. It’s 45 minutes...
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Toby Snelgrove – @tobysnelgrove

February 25, 2010
By BonnieSainsbury
Toby Snelgrove – @tobysnelgrove

How did you get involved with the Metro Blenz News Squad? I had actually planned on spending this time in Palm Springs avoiding the Olympics. That's where I was when I received a call from Adam Schelle, a professional photographer I have known...
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A little hockey history………Russia vs Canada, anyone?

February 24, 2010
By BonnieSainsbury

by Marilyn Anderson, Duet-Media Here I sit, on the verge of Canadian hockey hysteria, thinking back to the ONE other Russia/Canada game etched into my memory. I was in a popular Robson Street watering hole, surrounded by a mess of friends who “just happened” to be...
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Wasn’t That a Party

February 24, 2010
By MarilynAnderson

Well, that's what Canadian hockey fans are going to be asking themselves come Thursday morning.....if they watched and/or celebrated their Men's Team make history with a 7:3 victory over Team Russia. This is the first time in Olympic play in 50...
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