Canwest wraps up newspaper rights to 2010 Olympics

"The largest owner of Canadian newspapers, Canwest, has bought up the rights to the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Olympic Games to become the “Official Newspaper Chain of the 2010″.The deal includes all 10 of...

Jumping women want gender-equal Olympics

It's kind of weird that women ski jumping at the Olympics is even an issue.  Aren't we in the noughts, as in not-1955?"Canada could become the first country to hold fully gender-equal Winter Olympic Games if it...

Did Olympics kill San Francisco Pawn Shop?

The San Francisco Pawn Shop is dead. After 50 years, its doors on Hastings St. across from Save On Foods will shut at the end of August. Story at Downtown Eastside Enquirer.

VANOC Counts Down: T-Minus 3 Years

The Vancouver Whistler Olympics begins in a mere 3 years. While this may seem like it's a far-off date, as we all know, "time flies". And while VANOC is off budget, over budget and mishaps like the BC Place Dome collapsing continues to plague the preparations, where's the...

Choke!

Canada and the U.S. mens hockey teams are out of the finals. Out of the Olympics. They choked. Both NHL teams. Choked. Canada was never there in the first place.

History of Snowboarding In The Olympics

Snowboarding is as popualr as ever, and the Olympics is showing why so many love the sport... "Snowboarding made its Olympic debut in the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan with a total of four competitions divided into two categories: men's & women's halfpipe and men's &...

Italy Ready For Big Show In Turin

  "" About all that was left to do Wednesday at the women's alpine skiing venue was to plaster a few more of the ubiquitous "Torino 2006" logos on the grandstands.""  

The BIG SLIPPERY THIN ICE EDEN PROJECT QUIZ

   Have a go! : http://www.eden-project-insight.tk/ (Be prepared for surprises !) This also gives good reason to pause for thought: http://chrissie-wildwood.com/TEMPTATION-IN-EDEN aS dOES...

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