Playing sports taught me that none of us can thrive alone; we need a team. Source: Doug Mitchell About 40 years ago, as a young law student and competitive athlete at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Doug Mitchell learned many of the principles that would guide him through his life as a husband, father, lawyer [...]
The Olympic Games unite the world. No matter what country we’re watching them from, we all comprehend both the joy and sadness that come with sport. It’s heard in the roaring cheers from the crowd, seen in the waving of a nation’s flag or felt with tears shed in the sting of defeat. Sport serves [...]
Vancouver, BC — Celebrated Canadian authors Douglas Coupland and Roch Carrier are among the major contributors to the Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program, which goes on sale this week across Canada. Designed as a keepsake for Canadians and visiting spectators, the program — in both English and French editions — contains a compelling mix of [...]
Michelle Bartleman I am a big supporter and enthusiastic proponent of Canadian bilingualism. Source: skeleton athlete Michelle Bartleman Michelle Bartleman is an accomplished skeleton athlete who has been competing for Canada for three seasons. As a 2014 Olympic Winter Games hopeful, she’s a passionate and busy person, splitting her time between training, web and graphic design, [...]
When I think that hundreds of thousands of choir members across the country can unite their voices to celebrate the union of peoples, it’s just beautiful Source: Gregory Charles, Canadian choir master Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay began its 106-day journey a month ago, more than 1,800 torchbearers have carried the flame over 19,000 [...]
I also feel like I’m representing the disabled community. It’s not just me that’s running. Source: Canadian marathon runner Rick Ball All Canadians are invited to apply for a torchbearer spot in the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. The Province of British Columbia is running the contest and today Coca-Cola, RBC, the Government of Canada, and [...]
As you may already know, the Winter Olympic Games will be held in Vancouver, BC, during February 2010. Vancouver/Whistler will be host to the Olympic and Paralympics games, and will be ready to showcase its entertaining attractions. For all the visitors planning to attend these games, here are some of Vancouver’s most popular places to [...]
Spectators experience up-close viewing at largest curling venue in Winter Games history Vancouver, BC –The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) successfully completed its operational testing today at the curling sport event at the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre—the 108,000-square-foot facility that will seat approximately 5,000 spectators during the Olympic and [...]
choose the most outstanding achievement of a Canadian winter Olympian, what would it be? What is your favourite goosebump-raising, spine-tingling Olympic memory? Is it Cindy Klassen’s five medals at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games? Or maybe it’s a throwback to Grenoble 1968 when Nancy Greene won gold and silver in alpine skiing? Vote for [...]
The Olympic Torch Relay starts on October 30, 2009, but in some Canadian schools, it has already begun. Students at Tomsett Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia, and those at Cusack Elementary School in Sydney, Nova Scotia are attempting to complete the distance covered by the Olympic Torch Relay Route — 45,000 kilometres — before [...]
