Ahhhhh yes, solid Cramahe citizens one and all ........oh wait I guess not ..I dont want to seem cynical but it seems the only sure fire way to become a torch runner is to be part of the television media... by getting them on side ..
I suppose the opposition to the corporate b.s is kept to a minimum ,..everyone just smiles and waves and asks not why.....
It's kinda like the lottery which had an inordinate number of store owners as winners..
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone
grinchy Ed Van Egmond
We've heard from Ed. Now where do you stand?
Do you think the torch bearers should have been local?
Do you know anyone local who applied and failed to be picked?
Was the relay a corporate whitewash, and little more than an expensive ad for the corporate sponsors?
Was it a genuine reflection of Canada today?
If you were here for the last torch run, was it any different than this one?
Do you think Cramahe should have its own O torch relay?
Who would you nominate to run/walk/roll through Colborne as our standard bearer?
It's your turn...
Well Ed you were right on the money!! I just assumed it would be people from our community who would carry the torch thru our area.
ReplyDeleteI know I asked the people around me if they knew who was running with the torch and they did not know either.
There were many well deserving people who I could think of.
Brad
I have lived in Cramahe only for a five years and I believe that we should have had our own residents running with the torch. I did put my name on the list to run because I wanted to represent my community...but again I am not a TV personality....
ReplyDeleteAfter witnessing the Torch come through Town...I am convinced this is just a Coporate Gong Show...I understand corporate sponsership is required but using the run as a Parade to promote Banking and Pop and forgeting to include Local runners is wrong...unless you had corporate connections you weren`t holding the Torch in this Province.
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ReplyDeleteTORONTO - A news photographer was sent to hospital with a concussion on Friday after security officers involved in crowd control for the Olympic torch relay "shoved" the man to the ground, said a spokesman for a union representing journalists.
"These were two professional journalists simply doing their job," said Brad Honywill, president of Local 87-M of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
"They could not be considered protesters."
Two journalists, both photographers for the Toronto Sun, were taking pictures and video Friday afternoon as Olympic torch bearer Louise Russo, 50, made her way along Davis Drive in Newmarket, Ont., in her wheelchair.
Russo was left partially paralyzed after she was hit in the spine by a stray bullet during an organized crime-related shooting at a Toronto sandwich shop in 2004.
Photographers were trying to capture the image of Russo with the torch mounted on her wheelchair.
Honywill said Ian Robertson was shooting video of the event.
According to Honywill, as Robertson drew in closer to the torch, he was shoved to the ground by security officers and hit his head.
"This is an Olympic torch relay. It's a feel good event. It's the last place where you would find heavy-handed, police-state, goon tactics," he added.
Paramedics attended to Robertson who was quite dazed and was having difficulty speaking.
Photographer Dave Thomas was also pushed several times but was not injured, said Honywill.
"To us, it looks like an unprovoked and unwarranted attack on our journalists," said editor-in-chief of the Toronto Sun, James Wallace.
"Crowd control is absolutely necessary, but this goes beyond what's acceptable and somebody needs to be accountable for it," said Wallace.
A torch relay security team is travelling around the country with the torch and is responsible for ensuring safety of the torch and torch bearer.
The torch bearer and the flame attendant are only people allowed to enter the secure parameter around the flame, unless they have approval from VANOC, said Const. Mandy Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Vancouver 2010 integrated security unit.
"A member of the media tried to penetrate the security box twice around the torch bearer," said Edwards, who said the journalist had been warned by officials earlier.
Edwards said as the journalist moved towards the area for a second time security team members responded in an "appropriate manner" to maintain security of the torch.
The torch relay security team members, also called the trust team, is separate from VANOC security. The team is comprised of RCMP members and other police from different jurisdictions.
There have been other instances of journalists being pushed or shoved at the torch relay, but none that have resulted in hospitalization.
I know that 4 of use in our family applied to no avail. You really know that you need to be a "somebody" when the GM of the Maple Leafs is choosen.... Oh wait isn't he AMERICIAN and the GM of the Americian Hockey team. Way to pick them CANADA
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