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Fed spending report on Olympics soon

VANCOUVER Governments in the host city and host province have reported their spending on the 2010 Winter Olympics, but what about the feds? Treasury Board president Stockwell Day said Wednesday a final report is coming soon, but he [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Fifteen police officers suspended during Vancouver's Olympic...

Fifteen police officers were sent home during the Olympic games, many for drunken acts after-hours, RCMP Insp. Tim Shields said Monday. Four of the compaints involved unwanted sexual advances on other members of the Integrated Secu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Fifteen police officers suspended during Vancouver's Olympic...

Fifteen police officers were sent home during the Olympic games, many for drunken acts after-hours, RCMP Insp. Tim Shields said Monday. Four of the complaints investigated by the RCMP during winter games alleged unwanted sexual adv [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Canadian Olympic athletes have more opportunities to cash in

Win an Olympic gold medal as an American, an Australian, an European or an Asian and there’s a very good chance you’ll be set for life financially. Yet, it’s only a handful of highly decorated and visible Canadian amate [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Olympic legacy includes national pride, sport developme...

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games left a positive legacy not only in sports venues and sustainable buildings but also in a new sense of national pride, sport development and international awareness, according to a report released by [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Vancouver pavilion opens at Expo 2010

A pavilion showcasing Vancouver's development after Expo 86 opened at Shanghai's Expo 2010 on Sunday, with Premier Gordon Campbell and Treasury Board president Stockwell Day presiding. The three-storey wood and glass Vancouver pa [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

48 hours in post-Olympics Vancouver

You watched the Winter Olympics and Paralympics on television and are curious about the host city Vancouver. If backdrop scenes you saw during the Games already looked familiar, that’s because Vancouver is North America’s thi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Travel Postcard - 48 hours in post-Olympics Vancouver

You watched the Winter Olympics and Paralympics on television and are curious about the host city Vancouver. If backdrop scenes you saw during the Games already looked familiar, that's because Vancouver is North America's third l [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Special Olympics Postponed 2010

The event was scheduled for this Saturday, but Organizer Frank Florig says that the field at Okkodo High School is not ready. He says a new date and possibly a new venue will be announced at a later time. Florig asks all volunteers and s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Younger squad lands U.S. on podium

WHISTLER, British Columbia -- If you had to make a parallel to the familiar, Erin Pac is the anti-Lindsey Vonn. She doesn't talk about her injuries, about what hurts or when she hurt it, or if and how it affected her performance. She [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Olympic medal winner Shaun White wants to meet the Pres...

The 2010 Olympics for Shaun White was a big winner. Walking away with the Gold medal after after an amazing performance on the half pipe, the question was asked to him on how he would celebrate?"To meet the president of the United S [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Vonn's supporters rally with remedies

In a press conference Thursday afternoon, American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn let it slip that she was treating the inflammation in her injured right shin by slathering it with topfen cheese, an old Austrian home remedy said to reduc [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Report: Sway Gets A Lesson In Skeleton

Here in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the sky is overcast but the mood around town is extremely festive. I haven't seen much of Vancouver yet, but I'm looking forward to it in the days to come. I grew up running track i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Winter Olympics Report: David Lauren Explains USA Olymp...

At tonight’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony, the men and women of the U.S. team will enter Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium looking very much like they just stepped out of Lake Placid circa 1932. And that's just how the fol [...]