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vancouver 2010 games
GETTY IMAGES: Anderson, ricker, wickenheiser/Doug Pensinger; Hamelin/Jonathan Ferrey; Nesbitt/Jasper Juinen

January 05, 2010

With one month to go before the 2010 Winter Olympics, Metro looks at five of Canada’s top gold medal hopefuls.

Female ski jumpers object to Rogge’s logic

December 17, 2009

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has again caught the ire of female ski jumpers after he “disparagingly” compared them to their male counterparts at a press conference, the women say.

The world is coming to party in B.C.

November 30, 2009

When athletes from around the world arrive for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver is likely to feel like home to them with so many nations setting up hospitality houses.

Rules of the renting Games

November 19, 2009

With thousands of properties advertised for rent during the Olympics and just 68 special business licences issued, city officials hosted an information session last night to field questions on landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities.

VANOC still seeking volunteers for Whistler area

November 19, 2009

VANOC still needs more than 750 people with accommodation in the Sea-to-Sky corridor to volunteer during the 2010 Games.

Richmond syrup suckers invite Colbert to Games

November 18, 2009

The City of Richmond wants late-night talk show comic Stephen Colbert to come here and call us “syrup-sucking Canadian iceholes” to our faces.

YVR braces for crunch

November 18, 2009

Vancouver’s airport is preparing for a deluge of athlete and spectator departures at the close of the 2010 Games that will make their previous busiest day seem like a gentle drizzle in comparison.

Taking TV to a new level

November 10, 2009

Bigger, better. Those words keep popping up every time broadcasting plans for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are mentioned.

Injuries an Olympic worry

November 09, 2009

Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward had to spend an extra night in hospital, his leg sliced open by the skate of Rick Nash on Saturday night, but is expected to recover, said GM Jim Rutherford.


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