Vancouver Cleans Up

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Vancouver Cleans Up
Volunteers help in cleanup effort
Lyle Fisher/Dave White Jun 16, 2011 17:49:10 PM
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•Downtown Vancouver after the riot
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Volunteers, many who mobilized via Facebook, took to the streets of Vancouver Thursday morning to deal with the aftermath of the riot.

Many wore Canucks jerseys as they picked up garbage and debris.

News1130's John Streit checked out the cleanup effort and says  in some places it's already it's hard to tell how badly things were damaged. "A few glass chunks here and there, but I just walked past the front of the Sears building and it looks like they got most of that cleaned up."

He adds volunteers are still working hard. "There's also other people with Canada flags and Canucks jerseys wearing blue rubber gloves and meticulously cleaning the garbage cans."

People disgusted by the rioting also stopped to write their condolences on a so-called "Wall of Sorrows".

Plywood covers windows that had glass smashed out at the Bay on Granville at Georgia. Covering that wall are hundreds of messages supporting the Canucks and denouncing the violence.

Lindsay hopes people start to focus on the positive like the community clean up effort. "I wrote thank you Van-City citizens for reminding us why this is the best place on earth. I think it's shameful [what happened] and it really wasn't what Vancouver is all about.  Today is really what we're all about.  Getting back together, showing our true colors, and showing people who we really are."

Carli is part of the big crowd taking part after what she calls 'last night's disgrace.' "I thought it was disgusting.  I'm writing we love our Canucks no matter what."

She blames it all on hooligans and says a lot of people were trying to stop the violence. "The first thing I saw was people in Canucks jerseys cleaning up.  Those are the real fans and that made me feel better."

The Premier and some city councillors also wrote on the board.

Former mayor Sam Sullivan was overcome as he read some of the messages and saw people volunteer to help clean up. "My wife and her daughter came down.  They were pretty moved by the real Vancouver.  So it was just a beautiful demonstration of the spirit of the city."

Sullivan says he watched rioters run amok from his downtown apartment.

tiffiant

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219286898091948

Guy

Guys do the smashing, Girls do the clean up.

Catpiano

yeah .. my buddy, (Pastor) led his church member to help as well ..

Well .. some idiots destroy their city, some lovely Canadian love their country and city .. ^_^

(Jason Li should go help la.. )