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Media coverage from the third annual Poverty Olympics

February 8th, 2010-->

Poverty activists urge Canada to restart social housing program
People’s Daily Online

Vancouver’s poor protest against Olympic largesse
PM, ABC Australia

Give a home to us not the Olympics, say protesters
Reuters

Rat, cockroach, flea join ‘Poverty Olympics’
CTV Olympics

Demonstrators put poverty in the spotlight
Metro News

Vancouver’s other Olympic torch
P2Pnet

Vancouver Poverty Olympics
Iza (article in Japanese)

Activists stage Poverty Olympics in Downtown Eastside
The Province

2010 Poverty Olympics poke fun at serious issues facing Vancouver
Georgia Straight - Videos and photos

End poverty. It’s not a game: The Poverty Olympics
Rabble.ca

Poverty Olympics: Beyond the Headlines
Vancouver Media Co-op

2010 “Poverty” Olympics Held in Vancouver
Blogger News Network

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