http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/taxonomy/term/136/0 en http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/blog/boris-mann/canadian-olympic-clothes-made-by-hbc-are-popular-with-italians <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris/100165588/"><img width="148" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="111" border="0" align="left" title="Italian volunteers with Canada hats" alt="Italian volunteers with Canada hats" src="http://static.flickr.com/27/100165588_6587d33b54_m.jpg" /></a> <p>There are <a href="http://partnership.hbc.com/en_US/olympic.html">HBC stores</a> set up at both the British Columbia Canada Place as well as Canada House. I took this picture of a gaggle of young Italian Olympic Village volunteers wearing the Canada hats that are available. We think they're a bit silly looking, but it turns out that the Italians really do love them (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raincitystudios/">Robert's Flickr stream</a> will have a better picture later). In any case, whether during regular public hours or even at the Whistler Apres event where I took the picture, the HBC stores are packed<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris/100089290/"><img width="94" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="126" border="0" align="right" title="HBC Store @ Canada House" alt="HBC Store @ Canada House" src="http://static.flickr.com/31/100089290_ca52f83f19_m.jpg" /></a> and Canadian gear is flying off the shelves. In part it's a love of Canada and the excitement of the next Games being there, but HBC has really put together a fantastic selection of clothes. Even the green has grown on me.</p> Gita HBC Team Canada Torino 2006 video Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:03:17 -0800