GenevaLunch » Vancouver http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Vancouver riots over Stanley Cup loss http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-over-stanley-cup-loss/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-over-stanley-cup-loss/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:06:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58878 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Vancouver’s mayor called it “embarrassing and shameful” after frenzied ice hockey fans angry over the 4-0 loss of the Vancouver Canucks to the Boston Bruins in the finals of the Stanley Cup 15 June trashed the city centre Wednesday. Police struggled with the mob element in the crowd of 100,000 gathered to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-over-stanley-cup-loss/feed/ 0 Lausanne hosts world TV moguls for Olympics US rights bids http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/06/lausanne-hosts-world-tv-moguls-for-olympics-us-rights-bids/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/06/lausanne-hosts-world-tv-moguls-for-olympics-us-rights-bids/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:42:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58513 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Beau Rivage in Lausanne will be bustling with sports and TV executives Monday and Tuesday 6-7 June, as intense bidding gets underway to win US broadcast rights for upcoming Olympic Games. Day’s end Tuesday, after a cocktail party where the bidders will socialize while waiting for news, should see the winner [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/06/lausanne-hosts-world-tv-moguls-for-olympics-us-rights-bids/feed/ 4 Vancouver could have $40-50m loss from Olympic Village http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/vancouver-could-have-40-50m-loss-from-olympic-village/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/vancouver-could-have-40-50m-loss-from-olympic-village/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:42:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56401 GenevaLunch.com The city of Vancouver, Canada, is likely to have a “shortfall” of C$40-50 out of the $578m it loaned to the company that built the Olympic Village for the Winter Games held in British Columbia in 2010. The money was loaned to Millennium Developments to buy land from the city and build the village. The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/vancouver-could-have-40-50m-loss-from-olympic-village/feed/ 0 Swiss cities only 5% off “perfect” http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/21/swiss-cities-only-5-off-perfect/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/21/swiss-cities-only-5-off-perfect/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:59:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54367 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva and Zurich are not among the 10 most liveable cities in the world, according to the annual survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), although they do rank 11 and 12, with scores over 95 percent. Vancouver, Canada holds the top slot for the fifth year in a row with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/21/swiss-cities-only-5-off-perfect/feed/ 0 Nadal, Vlasic, voted world’s top athletes http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:52:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51713 GenevaLunch.com Fifa named best for press facilities for 2010 World Cup by world sports journalists Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The AIPS (International Sports Press Association) has named Rafael Nadal the world’s top male athlete and Blanka Vlasic the top female, in its annual sports awards. Nadal, Spanish is the number one tennis player in the world [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/feed/ 0 “Outrageous display of gang violence” wounds 10 in Vancouver http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/13/outrageous-display-of-gang-violence-wounds-10-in-vancouver/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/13/outrageous-display-of-gang-violence-wounds-10-in-vancouver/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:53:43 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=51069 GenevaLunch.com Ten people were wounded, two critically, in Vancouver’s west side in what the police call an “outrageous display of gang violence” early Sunday morning 12 December. An assault rifle was found next to an abandoned taxi in the 3800 block of Oak Street in western Vancouver. Six men and three women were receiving treatment in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/13/outrageous-display-of-gang-violence-wounds-10-in-vancouver/feed/ 0 Canadian police told about murderer Pickton years before arrest http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/24/canadian-police-told-about-murderer-pickton-years-before-arrest/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/24/canadian-police-told-about-murderer-pickton-years-before-arrest/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:46:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46214 GenevaLunch.com An informant who in 1999 told Vancouver police a second-hand story about Robert Pickton butchering a woman and storing body parts at his pig farm in western Canada recounted the story publicly for the first time Monday 23 August on CTV News. Pickton was convicted in 2007 of murdering six women, a grisly saga that [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/24/canadian-police-told-about-murderer-pickton-years-before-arrest/feed/ 0 Swiss lifestyle: Geneva, Zurich high on best cities list (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/26/swiss-lifestyle-geneva-zurich-high-on-best-cities-list-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/26/swiss-lifestyle-geneva-zurich-high-on-best-cities-list-update/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 09:33:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42345 GenevaLunch.com Swiss top 16 countries for honesty, Nation Brands Index places country at 8 Update 16: 30  [Video] Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Zurich and Geneva once again come in second and third in the Mercer city quality of living rankings, following Vienna, Austria and just ahead of Vancouver, Canada. Mercer notes that these are not quality [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/26/swiss-lifestyle-geneva-zurich-high-on-best-cities-list-update/feed/ 0 Swiss take gold and another silver in Paralympics http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/19/swiss-take-gold-and-another-silver-in-paralympics/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/19/swiss-take-gold-and-another-silver-in-paralympics/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:06:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38953 GenevaLunch.com Vancouver, Canada (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s Christoph Kunz won the gold medal Friday 19 March for the Men’s downhill at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, to add to the silver medal the 27-year-old from Bern won earlier in the week for the super-G event. Second place also went to the Swiss, thanks to Michael Brugger, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/19/swiss-take-gold-and-another-silver-in-paralympics/feed/ 0 Vancouver Games consumed 4 tons Swiss cheese, 2 tons chocolate http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/03/vancouver-games-consumed-4-tons-swiss-cheese-2-tons-chocolate/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/03/vancouver-games-consumed-4-tons-swiss-cheese-2-tons-chocolate/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38162 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Canadians may  have loved their Olympic Games primarily for the sports, but the Winter Games 2010 also brought other great things to town. These included four tons of Swiss cheese and two tons of Swiss chocolate, consumed at the two Swiss Houses that were opened for the event. Presence Switzerland says [...]

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