For the week of July 28, 2024:
The XXXIII Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, now a third-time host of the five-ring circus.
We will find out if the French learned anything about the good, the bad and the ugly of the Games that came before, such as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
This week, an encore presentation of host Bob Mackin’s February interview with Irwin Oostindie of Vancouver’s Voor Urban Labs.
Oostindie was in the French capital in February to meet with academics and critics of Paris 2024, to share his knowledge about Vancouver 2010 and its socio-economic goals.
Plus, the Canadian women’s Olympic soccer team is embroiled in scandal after a staff member was caught using a drone to spy on New Zealand’s training session. It became the biggest Olympic story before the Paris 2024 opening ceremony.
Could the precedent set by a Mexican scandal in 1988 affect Canada’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2026? Hear from former Mexican radio reporter Mario Canseco.
Plus, this week’s Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines.
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