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Pot City: Vancouver gives games a distinctive odor

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 8:42pm
By JOSEPH WHITE,  The Associated Press
 
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Walk downtown around midnight and take a deep breath - but not too deep - and you'll experience the unofficial odor of the Vancouver Olympics.
And it's not maple syrup.
 

Condom campaign stretches around city

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 4:49pm
Activists promote safe sex, methadone during Games
 
Janaya Fuller-Evans, Special to Vancouver Courier
 
If Methadone Man approaches you when you stumble out of a bar on the Granville strip during the Olympic Games, do not be afraid.
 
The Safe Games 2010 mascot wants to give you a condom.
 
The person portraying the mascot could very well be Orla Adams, an administrative assistant with an NGO called Panos Canada and an outreach volunteer with the Safe Games campaign.
 

Brian Hutchinson: Is Vancouver ready for its Olympic-sized close-up?

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 4:59pm
By Brian Hutchinson in Vancouver, National Post 
 
 
Final touches of plaster and paint are being applied. Volunteers wearing Games-approved smiles have hit the streets; police officers are at the barricades, waiting. Almost a decade in the making,
 
Vancouver's multi-billion-dollar party is one week from launch. Is this city ready for its close-up?
 

Capt. Condom will be packing 250,000 rubbers to Games

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 7:46pm
By Damian Inwood, Canwest News Service
 
Never fear, Capt. Condom will be here — in time for the Vancouver Olympics.
 
And he's bringing 250,000 safe-sex sheaths with him to hand out on busy street corners and in bars and clubs.
"You'll be seeing Capt. Condom, Methadone Man and Bi-Curious Man," said Lucianno Colonna, spokesman for SafeGames 2010 Thursday. "There's really no limit and you can expect to see lots of different characters. We're encouraging the volunteers to be creative."
 
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