February already and things are starting to pop in Vancouver. The news tonight is all about traffic changes, bus route changes, road closures, bridge closures, non stopping lanes and restricted parking. It is all bewildering to me and that makes it difficult to write about it. The city is under surveillance with 1000 cameras watching all pedestrain lanes and whatever else may be out and about . It is the largest security operation in Canadian history. EVER! Getting into Olympic venues is going to be like getting through airport security, and people are being advised that it could take up to 3 hours to get through the gates.Professional protesters are winding up for a good time. We have such an experienced lot of protesters in this province. Sigh.
An intersting sidebar is Kwame, I could not get his last names there were two.Kwame is from Ghana but he ended back in Scotland where he was born while his father was studying. There he learned to ski on artificial ski slopes and graduated to real snow when he realized he had an aptitude for slalom downhill skiing. Now he represents his country of Ghana as an Olympic athlete. He is known as the Snow Leopard, interesting name, his outfit is pure white so maybe that is the root of his title. He has had no support from his country Ghana so has done this all on his own and for himself . It is a great story and you can find his biography on Global News-Kwame. That's how I got it.
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