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Georgia Straight: Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp.

Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong Dept: The story in question, published Sept. 27, 2012 in the Georgia Straight, quoted eight former students who alleged Furlong was physically and verbally abusive while he was a volunteer teacher in northern B.C. in the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to CTV. Alternatively, the Newspaper Defendants are protected by the common law defences of responsible communication, fair comment, justification and consent, states the document and vANCOUVER -- Three defendants being sued by former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong over a September 2012 newspaper article that accused him of abusing students more than 40 years ago have filed court papers defending their work. Georgia Straight publisher Daniel McLeod, editor Charlie Smith and Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp. state in their response to a civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday that the article was not defamatory or even capable of being defamatory. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.