For a brief moment, Olympic Games will put Rio on top of the world

For one brief moment every couple of years, negativity is suspended and we witness the power of inspiration.

A young girl pictured adding her signature in support of Rio de Janeiro's candidacy to host the 2016 Olympic Games. For the first time, refugees will be part of the Olympic dream. Stories will lift the soul and encourage another generation of young people. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

August 8, 2016

OTTAWA—You can set your watch by it. The pre-Olympic build-up of doom and gloom blankets the world media. Rio has not solved its Third World problems. Surprise, surprise. For some reason, the arrival of the Olympic games was supposed to instantly obliterate the twin challenges of poverty and ineq...

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