crosscut.com : 2010 Olympics

2007 in review: Mossback hunts down the wildest animal stories of the year

Crosscut — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:00:01 PST

Giant swimming rats, seducing Sasquatch, and bear-hunting at the Vancouver Olympics.

Look out! The Olympic mascot's got a gun!

Crosscut — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:31:01 PST

The 2010 Vancouver Olympics has unveiled their cuddly new mascots: Quatchi, Miga, Sumi — and a sidekick named Mukmuk, a Vancouver island marmot. Picking mascots for major events is never easy: they have to be a graphic icon, irresistible to children, and ridicule-proof. Sometimes mascots are based on real animals, sometimes they're totally invented creatures. Vancouver seems to have followed a middle path by basing theirs on local First Nations mythology: Sasquatch (Quatichi), Sea Bear (Miga) and Animal Guardian Spirit (Sumi). Cuddly as they are, they have a serious job to do. One of Sumi's jobs is to brandish a gun in peace-loving Canada.

Vancouver is Shangri-not

Crosscut — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:00:01 PDT

The city that inspires Dubai and Abu Dhabi has some soul-searching to do. After the Olympics, of course.

Another foreign policy fiasco?

Crosscut — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:00:01 PDT

The United States appears close to bungling its chance to participate meaningfully in the upcoming Shanghai world's fair, but a group with Northwest ties uses You Tube to try and avert international embarrassment.

The next Northwest world's fair might be in Shanghai

Crosscut — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:01 PDT

North Americans look ahead to China's big coming out party in 2010 and remember when ...