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Prime Minister Boris? Might want to talk to Gordon Campbell first
Boris Johnson, the curiously coiffed and floridly worded Mayor of London, is hanging around everywhere during these 2012 Summer Olympic Games. And, of course, I do mean that literally: at events, on Twitter and, famously, high above Victoria Park.
Canada’s queen of the slopes
The X Games’ high-octane mix of risk and thrill may be headed for the Olympics—and Sarah Burke is ready for it
This week in opinion polls
What Canadians across the country are telling pollsters
Q & A: Gordon Campbell
The B.C. premier on right and wrong politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his worst day in office
Insurance orange alert
Canada’s terrorism insurance industry dates back to 2001
The Games get more political
Tory MPs and senators bought 211 Olympic tickets
Idea alert
As noted by the Crawford Report, one of the dilemmas in funding elite sport is demonstrating that it has some impact on the activity and health of the general public. Keith Martin, who just sits around most days thinking up ideas, actually came up with a way to address this last November.
Owning the photo op (IV)
CTV notes Michael Ignatieff’s failure to demonstrate his interest in Sunday’s hockey game within view of CTV cameras.
Owning the photo op (III)
Jack Layton’s press secretary, fielding perhaps the most redeeming call of his career in communications, says the NDP leader was merely trying to see the television.