Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coverage Daily - Michaëlle jean http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/taxonomy/term/198/0 en Olympic Outsider podcast #7 - Oslo Olympic Flag Ceremony http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/node/176 As mentioned in a previous post, ... Canada's Governor-General, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABlle_Jean">Michaëlle Jean</a> (a Haitian refuge who immigrated to Quebec as a child), and Vancouver Mayor <a href="http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/councillors/sullivan/">Mayor Sam Sullivan</a> were on hand - along with a phalanx of officers of everykind - to reveal the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympic flag. <p>I headed out from North Vancouver via transit to attend and watch the pagaentry. After stealthing into the media event, I asked <a href="http://www.vancouver2010.com/en">VANOC</a> CEO <a href"http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/OrganizingCommittee/AboutOrganizingCommittee/ExecutiveTeam/JohnFurlong">John Furlong</a> a few questions on a snowy Vancouver morning.<p> <a href="http://www.uncleweed.net/podshow/canucksoutsider/OlympicOutsider7.m4a">Listen to Olympic Outsider #7 (.m4a)</a><p> flag john furlong Michaëlle jean Olympics oslo Sam Sullivan Vancouver 2010 VanOC Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:11:57 -0700 Governor General Jean's Visit to Vancouver's City Hall http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/blog/davethorvald/governor-general-jeans-visit-to-vancouvers-city-hall <p>Canada's Governor General Micha&euml;lle Jean (a Haitian refuge who immigrated to Quebec as a child) and Mayor Sam Sullivan (suddenly, the world's second most famous quadrapelegic) were on hand with a phalanx of officers of everykind to reveal the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympic flag.<br /> </p><p><img width="240" height="198" border="0" alt="Governor-General Michaelle Jean and Mayor Sam Sullivan" title="Governor-General Michaelle Jean and Mayor Sam Sullivan" src="http://static.flickr.com/53/110385169_af412b7b73_m.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <img width="170" height="240" border="0" alt="VANCO CEO John Furlong" title="VANCO CEO John Furlong" src="http://static.flickr.com/53/110386531_17854efb8a_m.jpg" /> <img width="180" height="240" border="0" alt="1952 Oslo Winter Olympic flag" title="1952 Oslo Winter Olympic flag" src="http://static.flickr.com/36/110387068_67b86192e4_m.jpg" /></p> flag john furlong Michaëlle jean oslo Sam Sullivan Vancouver Vancouver 2010 VanOC Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:17:50 -0800