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<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'></h4><p>Here is the epic tale of one Vancouver Island Marmots journey to becoming an official mascot of the 2010 <a href="http://vancitybuzz.blogspot.com/2008/08/vancouvers-2010-olympic-village.html">Olympics</a>. Note the #1 foam finger he so happily carries around.</p>
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