News: Olympic opponents rule Britannia meeting

By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS

VANOC needs a bigger carrot on a hockey stick if it wants to use Britannia Rink in 2010.

A majority of those who attended a Monday night public meeting want the Britannia Community Centre board to turn down a proposal to host Olympic hockey practices at the community arena near Commercial Drive. Ironically, 20 speakers were against and only 10 for the proposal. Most of the advocates were teachers at Britannia secondary school, but three were involved in the local minor hockey association.

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