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December 27, 2010
Sidney Crosby’s gold-medal winning, overtime goal against the United States is Metro Vancouver’s newsmaker of the year for 2010.
Internal emails reveal worries about Whistler luge track
February 07, 2011
Almost a year before the death of a Georgian luger on the opening day of the 2010 Olympics, internal emails reveal there were concerns about the possibility of a serious accident at the Whistler, B.C. sliding centre.
November 08, 2010
It's been two months since David Pierce won his Olympic gold for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, in which he composed the score for the opening, closing and medal ceremonies.
October 26, 2010
It’s not the “yes” they were looking for, but representatives of women’s ski jumping in Canada and the United States say they’re encouraged by the IOC’s announcement that their sport may be in the Sochi Games.
Red Olympics mittens return with a makeover
September 29, 2010
The iconic red Olympic mittens, which sold out faster than staff could re-stock them during the 2010 Games, have returned to stores across Canada — but with a design twist.
Games book cover online a little outdated
June 08, 2010
People who ordered VANOC’s newly published commemorative book of the 2010 Games will be getting a slightly different version than the one they saw online.
Mark II SkyTrain car named after Furlong
May 12, 2010
TransLink named one of its new Mark II SkyTrain cars yesterday in honour of VANOC CEO John Furlong and his efforts to bring the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver.
Olympic street banners to aid inner-city efforts
May 10, 2010
Vancouver is offering 3,000 Winter Olympic street banners to local non-profit organizations to use in support of inner-city initiatives, the city announced yesterday.
Work set to begin on Olympic cauldron site at Vancouver Convention Centre
March 31, 2010
The Olympic cauldron will be one more Games memory that won’t flicker out.
Luger remembered at hometown memorial
March 24, 2010
Speaking from a small mountain community in Georgia, John Furlong said he couldn’t imagine missing the graveside ceremony for the luger who died on the opening day of the Vancouver Olympics.
Calgary man charged with defrauding foreign Olympic athletes
March 23, 2010
Charges have been laid against a Calgary man for defrauding foreign athletes training for the Vancouver Olympics in that city.
VANOC, Interpol cracked Olympic ticket ring
March 18, 2010
Working with VANOC and Interpol, Vancouver police busted a fraudulent Olympic ticket-purchasing ring during the 2010 Games, a high-ranking VPD officer revealed yesterday.
VANOC preparing to close up shop, sell assets
March 17, 2010
With the close of the Paralympics on Sunday, organizers will begin the task of dissolving VANOC and the sale of its assets.
McKeever and ‘bro’ bring Canada first gold
March 16, 2010
Brian McKeever won Canada’s first Paralympic gold medal on home soil yesterday, finishing first in the men’s cross country 20-kilometre free visually impaired race by 37 seconds — a wide margin.
Paralympics open doors for disabled athletes
March 16, 2010
If not for the Paralympics, Canada may never have heard of Brian McKeever.
Check start times, alpine fans warned
March 15, 2010
Organizers of the Paralympics are warning people with tickets to alpine events to check vancouver2010.com to confirm start times.
Former mayor takes a ride on the zipline
March 15, 2010
One of the major attractions at Robson Square during the Olympics is back for the Paralympics.
Broadcast a plus: Sullivan
March 15, 2010
CTV’s decision to broadcast the Paralympic opening ceremonies live in British Columbia is a positive story for the Games, according to Sam Sullivan, Canada’s Paralympic ambassador.
Ceremony set to inspire
March 12, 2010
Friday’s opening ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympic Games will once again put Canada on the international stage, but the producer of the show said he hopes the athletes are the true stars.
Rest of Canada will have to wait a day to watch opening
March 12, 2010
The Paralympic opening ceremonies will not be broadcast live on Canadian television.
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