John Furlong

Newsmaker of the day: John Furlong and his nightmare years

The former CEO and guiding force behind Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics has cleared his name in court—but the fight’s not over yet.

John Furlong breaks his silence

Has an Olympic war reached its end game?

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John Furlong says police have found nothing to substantiate allegations

Former Vancouver Olympic chief John Furlong took to the airwaves Monday night to defend his name after months of letting his lawyers deal with allegations of physical and sexual abuse filed by three former students while he was a volunteer missionary teacher at Catholic schools in Burns Lake and Prince George, B.C. in 1969 and 1970.

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John Furlong accuses journalist of ‘personal vendetta’

Former Olympic CEO files volcanic rebuttal in civil suit against Laura Robinson

The woman behind an Olympic war

The woman behind an Olympic war

Jonathon Gatehouse on the woman behind the John Furlong allegations

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Furlong fallout

New abuse allegations emerge about the former VANOC chief, setting the stage for an epic legal battle

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Reporter says she will countersue John Furlong

Laura Robinson, the reporter who wrote about alleged abuse by former Vancouver Olympics chief John Furlong, says she will countersue him for saying she didn’t do sufficient research.

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VANOC CEO John Furlong in conversation

On the highs and lows of the Vancouver Winter Olympics

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We were best when it counted

The Vancouver Games started as a ‘crazy’ dream and ended up a wondrous spectacle that transfixed and, just maybe, transformed a nation

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Quite an introduction

Between the sometimes-luminous opening ceremonies and the corny clichés of the closing show, Canada presented versions of itself the world had never seen

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More human

In light of Parliament’s proroguing and subsequent rescheduling, with a plea from Liberal MP Michelle Simon in mind, Glen Pearson suggests a delegation of MPs to show support for the Paralympics.