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Posted on 04/02/08

Poverty Olympics carries the torch for social issues

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER -- Poverty-line high jump, long-jumping over a bedbug-infested mattress and welfare hurdles won't be official sports at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C.

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