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Olympic meals

Toronto Sun - Rita DeMontis - 12 Feb, 2010
All appetites are on Vancouver as the 2010 Winter Olympics buffet unfurls across the world stage. For the next several weeks, ...

Weather Disrupts Athletes' Training

New York Times - Katie Thomas, Bill Pennington - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER, British Columbia â€" Sloppy, foggy weather continued to disrupt Winter Olympic training schedules Friday, turning carefully groomed ...

A Guide To Following The 2010 Winter Olympics Online

Washington Post - 12 Feb, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in Vancouver tonight, and for those of you who can't be tied to your TV every night to watch the opening and closing ...

Follow the 2010 Olympics on your smartphone with Winter Sports Live

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 12 Feb, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics kicks off just 3 hours north of me in Vancouver, Canada tonight and I just received a note from Handmark about a great free ...

A tale of two Vancouvers

The Guardian - 12 Feb, 2010
A controversial art installation in Vancouver, where the 2010 Winter Olympics are taking place. Photograph: Jules Boykoff The Winter Olympics begin today, ...

Martin: It's more than just medals

Vancouver Sun - Don Martin - 12 Feb, 2010
Canada's supporters pose in front of Olympic rings at the Whistler ski resort village, ...

Canadian media hail historic Winter Olympics

AFP - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER â€" Just hours before Friday's opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, local media beamed with pride at the event heralded by the Globe ...

Winter Olympics highlights

BBC Sport - Peter Scrivener - 12 Feb, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics are almost upon us and Team GB has sent more than 50 athletes to ...

Winter Olympics: Who will win the most medals?

Christian Science Monitor (blog) - Mark Sappenfield - 12 Feb, 2010
Germany, Canada, and the United States will battle for overall medal title in the Winter Olympics for the foreseeable future. Watch for China to move up the ...

2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: What about Vancouver's homeless?

Christian Science Monitor - Taraneh Ghajar - 12 Feb, 2010
As long as the Olympics change locations, ill-equipped cities like Vancouver will make cosmetic preparations that only exacerbate local issues. ...

Olympic Games: Will they be positive for Canada?

CBC.ca - 12 Feb, 2010
By POV Canadians outside BC are more likely than British Columbians to believe the province and Vancouver will benefit from the Olympics, a poll conducted ...

Just don't want to play the Crying Games

The Province - Ed Willes - 12 Feb, 2010
Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan grabs a handful of tissues prior to a practice session at the ...

Vancouver ready for the Winter Olympics

BBC News - 12 Feb, 2010
The Olympic Winter Games will get underway in Vancouver, Canada on 12 February and all eyes will be on the hockey pucks and ski-jumpers. ...

The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games

Huffington Post (blog) - 12 Feb, 2010
The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is the most watched event in the world with an estimated 1.4 billion people tuning in to a Summer Games ceremony. ...

Will Vancouver Olympics pay off? They did for Atlanta

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - 12 Feb, 2010
“The spectre of 1976 hangs over the Canadian city of Vancouver ahead of the opening of this year's Winter Olympics. It took decades to pay off the cost of ...

2010 Winter Olympics Teaching and Learning Extravaganza

New York Times (blog) - Shannon Doyne, Holly Epstein Ojalvo - 12 Feb, 2010
How can you bring the 2010 Winter Olympic Games â€" “16 days of magic,” as IOC president Jacques Rogge put it â€" into ...

'Two Olympics' May Help US Challenge Oddsmakers' Pick Germany

Bloomberg - Erik Matuszewski - 12 Feb, 2010
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The US and Canada are primed to knock Germany from atop the Winter Olympic medal table thanks to recently added ...

The toils are behind us, let the Games begin

CTV.ca - Rod Mickleburgh - 12 Feb, 2010
After seven years, after billions of dollars, Canada's Olympic dreams take shape tonight in the flicker of a flame and the roar of a crowd in Vancouver's ...

Winter Olympics 2010: Opening Ceremonies Over the Years

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 12 Feb, 2010
By WSJ Staff In a few hours, the 2010 Winter Olympics will kick off with a lavish opening ceremony in Vancouver reported to have cost nearly $40 million. ...

Skier Vonn, 'Biathlon King' Lead Vancouver Olympians to Watch

Bloomberg - Erik Matuszewski - 12 Feb, 2010
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Lindsey Vonn has her eye on a record-tying five medals as she enters the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. ...

Do NOT drive downtown

MarketWatch (blog) - 12 Feb, 2010
Especially today, says Vancouver's head of Olympic transportation, Dale Bracewell. A really bad idea, driving. There's been a lot of grumbling by locals in ...

Rivals: Canada â€" US

CTV.ca - Allan Maki - 12 Feb, 2010
We crossed muskets in the War of 1812. We've battled over acid rain, fresh water, softwood lumber, border security, mad cows, whose health-care system is ...

INTERVIEW: Luger carries Taiwan's Olympic dreams alone

Taipei Times - 12 Feb, 2010
The Taiwanese Olympic team at this year's Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, consists of one athlete, Ma Chih-hung. It's the second consecutive Olympics for ...

What's on tap for Team Canada

Kansas City Star - 12 Feb, 2010
By Sports Network Despite numerous injuries to the Canadian alpine team over the course of the World Cup season, they are still podium contenders. ...

Guide to the Vancouver Olympics

SI.com - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- So much for the archetype of the quiet and reserved Canadian. On the eve of the Vancouver Games, which will see 5500 athletes ...

IOC provides the pomp, Canada the circumstance for Olympic opening ceremonies

The Canadian Press - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER, BC â€" Only after 17 days of competition will the world be able to judge whether the 2010 Winter Olympics are a success. ...

A capsule look at memorable moments from recent Olympic opening ceremonies

The Canadian Press - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER, BC â€" The 2010 Olympic Games are set to kick off with the opening ceremonies. The festivities at Vancouver's cavernous BC Place stadium will mark ...

Vancouver Ready For Games

Sky News - 12 Feb, 2010
The Games are being held in Canada for the first time since 1988 when Calgary played host. For the first time ever the opening ceremony will be held indoors ...

A sample of what the world is saying about Vancouver

The Province - Elaine O'Connor - 12 Feb, 2010
By Elaine O'Connor, The ProvinceFebruary 11, 2010 With the opening of the Olympics, Vancouver and Whistler are now officially playing host to the world. ...

Olympic flame still shines bright

Vancouver Sun - 12 Feb, 2010
Spare no expense, we said. An inspiration to the country, we said. And yes, we were talking about the Winter Olympics. Mind you, those words were printed in ...

 

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