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Ken MacQueen
Ken MacQueen is Vancouver bureau chief for Maclean’s, and a reformed Ottawa Parliamentary reporter and columnist. He prefers B.C., where stories hang fat and juicy from the trees, waiting to be shared. He’s also covered the highs and lows of the royal family, and eight Olympic Games.
VANOC 2010: no Olympic freeloaders
VANOC will buy every inch of billboard space during the Games
Beijing 2008: The brotherhood of Elk Lake
An unwavering belief in one another and their coach brought the eight back to gold
Flaming Fantastic
Ran into Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan in Beijing today. He’s here for some meet-and-greet, followed by some sightseeing and then...
News Flash: Public Servant Breaks Sweat
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell was quick out of the blocks in claiming a share of the Olympic glory in Canada’s belated start to the...
Sic Transit Olympus
My digital tape recorder was made in China. Apparently it came home to Beijing to die. This was most inconvenient, for there is...
An earful, and eyeful
Women’s soccer, or football as it’s called in the Olympics, is providing some of the best team excitement at these Games. The...
Maclean’s Interview: Olympian Alex Baumann
Outspoken Olympian Alex Baumann talks to Ken MacQueen about Canada’s chances in Beijing, and the hard road to excellence
Not about Britney Spears
I feel compelled to report on a shocking breach of journalistic standards. On the bus heading to the Olympic media centre today an...
Workers of the World Unite
Friday was a smokin’ hot day for Team Maclean’s . Our Long March (to coin a phrase) didn’t get Gatehouse and I to the...