Re-upload of previous loaded video in a higher quality. CBC CANADA NOW Broadcast Date: June 30, 2003 Jim Green could have been a huge thorn
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On December 10, 2002 City Council decided to hold a vote on Vancouver’s participation in hosting the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games. The “Olympic Vote” took place on February 22, 2003. The results were 64% in favour of the Olympic Bid, enough for Vancouver to win the rights as host city in July 2003. Voter turn-out was the highest in decades at 50%. RESULTS – Yes – 86113 – 64% – No – 48651 – 36% – Spoiled – 27 – 0% – Total – 134791 – 100% Video credits: CBC …
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After more than five years of planning, Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation submitted its bid book to the International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in January 2003. The 460-page masterpiece would later land Vancouver the right to host the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Credits: CBC …
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Jim Green could have been a huge thorn in the side of the Vancouver 2010 bid committee. City councillor, agitator for affordable housing and social justice, Green was poised to fight the bid to the death. Then he decided “to walk hand in hand with the devil.” His new strategy is to work for change from within, using Vancouver’s hunger for the Games as leverage to help the city’s most needy. In this CBC clip, Canada Now profiles the Vancouver bid’s most unlikely booster. Credits: CBC TV …
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all the venues and building sites
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A video I made about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. This video is called “A Brand New Day”.
Music: “Who Knows” by Avril Lavigne
Clips provided by: VANOC
- No copyright infringement intended, made for fan purposes only.
This song was also performed by Avril Lavigne during the Vancouver 2010 handover segment of the Torino 2006 Olympic Closing Ceremony.
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A video I made about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. This video is called “Canada’s Games”.
Music: Own the Podium 2010 by VANOC
Clips provided by: VANOC
- No copyright infringement intended, made for fan purposes only.
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On Tuesday, November 29, 2007, VANOC unveiled a combination of British Columbia animals, an aboriginal mythic creature and a long sought-after half-man as the flagbearers for its Olympic and Paralympic program, and in doing so joined a long list of organizing committees that have used cute and cuddly as the benchmarks for successful mascots.
MIGA – a snowboarding sea-bear inspired by the First Nations’ legends of the Pacific Northwest. Miga, described as mischievous and outgoing, is part sea-bear and part orca whale.
QUATCHI – a shy and gentle Sasquatch with a long brown beard and blue earmuffs meant to conjure the mystery and wonder ociated with Canada’s wilderness.
SUMI – an animal guardian spirit, who flies with the wings of the thunderbird, is described as “a natural born leader with a passion for protecting the environment.”
MUMUK – a Vancouver Island marmot sidekick considered an honorary member of the mascot team.
Visit vancouver2010.com/mascot for more information.
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At 8:41 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, July 2, 2003, IOC Jacques Rogge opened up a letter in a crowded hotel room in Prague, Czech Republic and changed a city forever, saying these exact words: “The International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the 21st Olympic Winter Games in 2010, are awarded to the City of Vancouver”.
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