Around 100 anti-Olympics protesters marked the one-year countdown to the 2010 Games with a noisy rally and march through downtown Vancouver on Thursday night.
The protest began with a rally in Victory Square around 7 p.m. and continued with a demonstration up West Georgia to Burrard, with marchers accompanied by police on bikes and motorcycles.
The group then wound down Burrard Street, ending up at the nearby Olympic Countdown clock in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Paint was then thrown at clock.
Traffic was disrupted in the area for about 40 minutes.
The clock has been a focus of several protests by the anti-Olympic network, who are made up of homelessness activists, first nations protesters, and anti-poverty groups.
