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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 years that Canada has won this match-up! Maybe the...
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We got off the train at the same station this afternoon – the father, the son, and I.  The son mentioned the Olympic Flame to me and, as we crossed the Concourse, was excited to share their day.  His Dad had an appointment in the morning and they had gone together.  Once the ‘have to’s’ were...
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by Marilyn Anderson, Duet-Media.tel Figure this: you dream and you train and you prepare and you compete….it takes over your thoughts, your life and every waking impulse. Your family supports you, your friends cheer you on, your country applauds you, and when that magic time comes…..well, sorry girls….you may have ‘qualified’, but you still...
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I spent some time on Granville Street this morning, admiring the new (and unusual) art installations on the Pedestrian Mall.  There was plenty of room to walk and to observe, and several people were taking advantage of the chance to take photos….before the street was filled with Olympic guests.  I saw a volunteer in...
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What a great ride!  I just shared the front car of the Canada Line with six of Coke’s representatives.  Splendid in their Santa-red jackets – that wonderful clear red that just happens to be my favourite colour – they were wonderful spokespeople for their company and its culture.  Indeed, it made me reflect that...
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Well, it’s finally here!  After all the rhetoric, arguments, ups and downs, hypes and lows…..it’s here! We are going live in Vancouver, in February 2010, and the world is truly arriving on our doorsteps.. How do I know this for sure?  Well, I have this from the very best of sources.  You see, I talk...
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These days, with all the changes in street traffic and lane allocations for our upcoming Olympic guests, I have been enjoying the variety of people-watching opportunities on the Canada Line. Sunday, on a train headed south to Richmond, I was in the front car.  The very front seats (with a great big...
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Several years ago I made a decision to ‘ignore’ the whole idea of New Year’s Resolutions. Like many of my friends, I had made them before….with varied and suspect results….and decided to bypass the disappointment (in myself) by simply eliminating the exercise. However, as each new year approached, I was reminded that there needed to...
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…well, actually, that should read “thoughts on a Canada Line train”, because that’s what I was riding yesterday.  I live in Vancouver, Canada, where we will soon host the world for next year’s Winter Games.  In preparation for that event, one of the new and exciting advantages our Greater Metropolitan Area now boasts is...
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We live in a cosmopolitan city – a place marketed around the world in ordinary times and furiously exposed in the run-up to the large-scale international athletic competition headed our way in 2010.  All this attention brings excitement, people, and the promise of cash.  It also creates scarcity of things like affordable accommodation.  Here...
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