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February 9, 2010| By|California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will carry the Olympic torch on Feb. 12 to mark the start of the Games and completion of his "dream" Hydrogen Highway in Whistler, B.C.
February 9, 2010| By|The Poverty Olympics' aim is to ensure that increased poverty is not the province's Olympic legacy.
February 9, 2010| By|California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be one of the final day’s torchbearers. I'm sure VANOC wishes they could bring up Mr. Freeze to work some magic up on Cypress Mountain.
February 8, 2010| By|Government funding policies are forcing hospitals to cut nursing jobs to balance their budgets, according to the Ontario Nurses' Association pre-budget submission.
Newswire: Top Headlines Elsewhere
- Trenton colonel's charges spur cold case review
- Another N.L. chopper crash inevitable: union
- Tim Hortons defends customer ban
- Quebec bingo hall behind on charity payouts
- Olympic torch relay makes first stop in U.S.A.
- Blue Bombers sue over lost Aerosmith concert
- Video shows Nigeria 'executions'
- Nigerian deputy to act as president
- April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame
February 5, 2010Radio book lounge goes underground to explore some unconventional forms of publishing and asks Vancouver-based author Robert Chaplin about his experiences self-publishing.
January 28, 2010Dave Zirin's People's History of Sports explores the politics of sport and tells the stories of activist athletes. He came to Vancouver at the invitation of the Olympic Resistance Network.
January 21, 2010Theodore Roszak's latest book revisits a generation he defined 40 years ago reminding readers of the strengths of the baby boomer generation and challenges boomers to again take up the good fight.
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- HalifaxFebruary 9th, 2010
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2010 Olympic predictions
The time has come: The 2010 Vancouver Olympics are just around the corner, and that wet city in the west, along with the rest of the country, is gearing up for what's sure to a spectacle in some shape or form. We've got a few ideas of what could happen in the weeks to come, and want to hear rabble readers' predictions about the most likely outcome for this year's games:
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