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On January 20, 1992, Cheryl Ann Joe, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman, was found murdered on Powell Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). [3]Weeks later, on February 14, her mother, Linda Ann Joe and family, along with several others living in this area, gathered in the same parking lot where Cheryl’s body was found to grieve their loss.
Vancouver is kinda like if New York City and San Francisco had a baby. It’s got a gorgeous skyline, bustling downtown, a celebrated art scene cultural hubs galore, incredible public parks (see ...
Christine Nesbitt captured Canada's first speedskating gold medal of the Vancouver Games in the women's 1000 metres, outskating her main World Cup rival, Annette Gerritsen of Netherlands by just 0.02 second. [37]
Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games. [25] In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). [26] The average temperature as measured at Vancouver International Airport was 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) for the month of February 2010. [27]
On February 13, the first day of the Games, windows of The Hudson's Bay Company, an Olympic sponsor, were smashed in downtown Vancouver by protesters. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] Protesters had also vandalized branches of the Royal Bank of Canada , an Olympic sponsor, in Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria.
A soundtrack, Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album (French: Musique de Vancouver 2010 : L'album commémoratif de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux), was released through the iTunes Store on February 12, 2010, containing many studio recordings of the performances from the opening ceremony. [63]