Ironman Canada

Penticton city officials announced Thursday that the long existing Ironman Canada was being replaced by another triathlon.

Link: http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-79557-21-.htm#79557

Nearly every city has its own iconic event that becomes a part of its community’s identity. Vancouver has the Pacific National Exhibition, Calgary has the Stampede, and for the last several decades, Penticton has had Ironman Canada. For Penticton however, this is about to change.
Link:
http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/167195975.html

Friggn' A!

I quit being a volunteer because of IMC's financial blackmail of the City of Penticton (that would be us, as in "our tax-dollars"). The idea that the IMC ownership stood to make many hundreds of thousands of dollars hosting an event here, yet still demanded that the City of Penticton (us) kick in tens of thousands of dollars just for the 'privilege' of hosting the gig here -- that was just lame.

So lame in fact that I quit volunteering, as did many friends.

Challenge Penticton; F'n A' I'll volunteer for that!

Andrew