Teddy was hoovering up muffin crumbs near the CBC building when I noticed him. Who can resist a cute dog? And he’s wearing a patriotic neckerchief. Not quite the Canadian flag photo I was looking for but I can’t resist petting a dog. I asked if I could take Teddy’s photo and his mom told...
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by @bsainsbury I checked out the Surrey 2010 Celebration Site today. It was rainy and cold, but several hundred brave souls braved the weather. The 3PM RCMP Musical Ride was sold out. The voluteer told me folks line up for the 11AM opening for the free tickets. The site is family orented, interactive with pleasant...
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Text by Marilyn Anderson, Photos by Toby Snelgrove It was dark, crisp, and crowded when I got off the bus at the corner of Georgia and Denman Streets this morning.  People were moving toward their "best guess" vantage points, many heading towards Stanley Park past the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club  looking for the waterfront stretch...
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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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Okay, it’s not really a dime, but it’s a catchy title. Tickets to opening games can cost over a thousand dollars each and tickets to popular events such as hockey cost just as much. What economic slump? As I was commenting on the cost of Olympic tickets, a friend of mine told me...
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