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NET LIABILITY HOW LUONGO'S INJURY WILL AFFECT THE CANUCKS IAIN MacINTYRE CI VER A DIVISION OF CANWEST PUBLISHING INC I 4p 3 BREAKING NEWS VANC0UVERSUN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 FINAL EDITION REGIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER U2, BLACK EYED PEAS ROCK BC PLACE U.S. seeks 30-year term or arua ion gang leader 'His organization was equal parts corporate and prosecutor says if 7 BY KIM BOLAN VANCOUVER SUN goff. "He used private airplanes, float planes, helicopters, cars, semi-trucks and coded Black-Berry telephones to create a secret and successful organization that he planned to extend into the Far East and South America. He employed pilots, drug couriers and money transporters to carry out the objectives of his organization." The documents quote former associates of Roueche, who cooperated with U.S. officials, saying he threatened to kill people who wanted out.

One said Roueche claimed he had beaten someone with "dull machetes." "His organization has used any means necessary to carry out this goal, including threats and violence." Roe and Rogoff said Roueche "worked hard, with laudable organizational skills coupled with an attention to detail, to achieve the moniker 'drug CONTINUED ON A15 United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche was like a multinational entrepreneur, expanding his lucrative drug empire across North America with a combination of corporate ingenuity and violence. He earned premier status in the criminal underworld by overseeing "the movement of tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana, thousands of kilograms of cocaine and millions of U.S. dollars," U.S. prosectors say. For that reason, the B.C.

man should spend the next 30 years behind bars when he is sentenced in a Seattle courtroom in December, the U.S. Attorney says in more than 60 pages of just-filed court documents. "His organization was equal parts corporate and violent," says the sentencing memo, signed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Susan Roe and Roger Ro- A MARK VAN MANEN PHOTOSVANCOUVER SUN Singer Bono performs with U2 at BC Place stadium in Vancouver on Wednesday night. Earlier in the evening, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie helped to warm up the crowd.

Review, D10-11 KILLER DRUGS OPINION W- MNCOUVeri downtown eastsios AND THI fIGHT til ITI fUTUlU Cowichan knitters win Olympic showcase to the world DAPHNE BRAMHAM VANCOUVER SUN A THOUSAND lMY CAMPIUl, urn GiHicnr, mii That's something that the B.C. company that is supplying the Cowichan-like, official Team Canada sweaters cannot do. That company signed a confidentiality agreement that doesn't allow it to reveal its Olympic connection. But the Cowichan deal reached late Tuesday with Vanoc and the Hudson Bay Co. goes far beyond simply being a licensed supplier.

It offers the first nations' knitters global exposure and an unprecedented economic opportunity. The iconic sweaters will be sold at the Hudson Bay Olympic superstore in Vancouver as well as at the Four Host na Colvin who taught them to knit patterns that she'd learned in the Shetland Islands. The Cowichan women went on to incorporate designs important to them into sweaters that they make from hand-spun, natural wool. Two decades ago, there were close to 2,000 knitters. But that number has dropped to several hundred because the margins are so slim, according to Brian Thom, who teaches anthropology at the University of Victoria and is a negotiator for the Hul'gu-mi'num treaty group which includes the Cowichan Tribes.

CONTINUED ON A2 First Nations pavilion during the Games. "We're not asking for a particular pattern or style. We will be showcasing what they would want to showcase," Mark Kin-non, the Bay's vice-president of globalsourcingandthe Olympics, said Wednesday. "We have an idea of what we think will sell. But what they supply us with is up to the individual knitters." There's more.

The agreement extends beyond the Olympic period and contains a knowledge-transfer component, giving the Cowichan access to the Bay's expertise on pricing, marketing and creating a consistent production flow of sweaters into the market. The Bay will work with the Cowichan on display materials that will provide customers with a history of the Cowichan Tribes and the story of the knitters. And it's a fascinating story. Long before first contact with Europeans, Coast Salish women wove cedar, the fur from a small and now-extinct dog, and mountain sheep into blankets and clothing. In the 1800s, Catholic nuns and Anglican missionaries taught the women how to knit.

But it's generally believed that it was Scottish immigrant Jermi- It took the threat of an Olympic torch-relay protest, but Cowichan Tribe's knitters now have a contract far more valuable than providing Team Canada's uniforms. Instead of knitting identical team sweaters, the knitters will become licensed suppliers to the Olympics and will be able to use the Olympic logo in retailing. How they tore apart the Downtown Eastside B5 Excerpt from a new book by Vancouver Sun reporter LoriCulbert, Neil Boyd and Larry Campbell First of three parts $1.00 PLUS GST INSIDE TODAY'S PAPER ONLINE Bridge E8 EditorialsLetters A16 Restaurants D20 U2 in pictures Business El Ferry Schedule EJ Sports a See a collection Classified Fl Horoscope D35 Sudoku F5 ofconcert Comics F5 IssuesIdeas A17 TV C6 photos at Crosswords D35.E8 Movie Listings D3A Westcoast Life Dl vancouv6rsun.com Deaths F6 Music d7 allerieS COLUMNISTS WEATHER Don Coyo E2 -vT'- lain Maclntyre CI i PeteMcMartin A5 4 4 Vaughn Palmer A3 Malcolm Parry E3 CLOUDY, LIGHT RAIN. Barbara Yaffe Bl FULL REPORT, E8 57040 10035 1 $1.25 MINIMUM IN OUTLYING AREAS 7- canoda.com Deadline Midnight Nov 6 Draws 3pm Nov 27 buy at luJlLIlJ -W 1 1 I'l I1 iviEirrYLQTTO Tickets stm only KMi)) Chances are 1 in 182,900 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize. BC Gaming Event Licence 16996..