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Wife Of 2010 Olympics Chief Dies In Crash

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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The wife of former Vancouver 2010 Olympics organizing chief John Furlong has been killed in a car crash in Ireland, Global News reported. Furlong r...

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The Public Lynching of John Furlong Isn't In The Public Interest

Daniel D. Veniez | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada
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Daniel D. Veniez

I don't know John Furlong. What I do know is that once again, without knowing the facts, the character and hard-won reputation of a human being is being ripped to pieces and likely irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, it is treated as bombshell "news," and reported as such. Even worse, journalists pretend -- or at least may have convinced themselves -- that repeating them is somehow in the "public interest." What is happening to Furlong is a nothing less than a public lynching.

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Furlong Family Hit 'Like A Wrecking Ball'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Family members of former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong — including his ex-wife — are speaking out against allegations of physical...

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Furlong Responds To New Allegations

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong says new allegations accusing him of physically abusing a former spouse and sexually assaulting ...

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Furlong Abused Ex-Wife, Alleges Reporter

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - The reporter behind a newspaper article that accused former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong of abusing students at a school in northern...

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Newspaper Responds To Olympic CEO's Lawsuit

CP | Keven Drews and James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - A weekly newspaper that published allegations that former Olympic CEO John Furlong physically and emotionally abused students at a Catholi...

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'Grave Damage' To Reputation: Lawsuit

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong says the reporter behind an article that accused him of abusing students 40 years ago while tea...

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Furlong Sues B.C. Newspaper Over Abuse Allegations

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - John Furlong, whose reputation as the face of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was tarnished earlier this year by decades-old allegation...

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Furlong Goes On Offensive

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 10.02.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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John Furlong, the former CEO of the Vancouver Olympics, released a new statement Tuesday to counter a "significantly inaccurate and libelous story" th...

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Canadian Law of Defamation And The John Furlong Allegations

Marko Vesely | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Marko Vesely

Allegations published by the Georgia Straight newspaper against John Furlong, the former CEO of the Vancouver Olympics, have dominated headlines recently. The public statements that have been issued thus far by Furlong and the Georgia Straight foreshadow some of the issues that may be raised in any lawsuit which may follow.

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Reporter To Countersue Furlong

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - The reporter who wrote a story about alleged abuse by former Vancouver Olympics chief John Furlong says she will countersue him for sugges...

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RCMP Investigation Welcomed

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 09.28.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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The chief of the B.C. First Nations community at the centre of alleged abuse by the former head of the Vancouver Olympics says he’s looking forward ...

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'I Categorically Deny' Abuse Allegations

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - John Furlong, the man who helmed the Vancouver Olympics, has categorically denied allegations that he physically abused aboriginal student...

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A NBA team for Vancouver?

CBC | Posted 10.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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A leading economic think tank says Vancouver could get another professional basketball franchise — but some in the professional sports world say the...

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How Did It Happen?

CP | Posted 11.01.2011 | Canada
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VANCOUVER - Police were in a state of confusion and had lost control of the massive crowd hours before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup series even began, sa...

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Olympics Boss Furlong To Co-Chair Riot Review

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2011 | Canada
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VANCOUVER - People who would provide an out-of-province perspective as well as local knowledge were sought to conduct an independent review of the rio...

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