News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
A decision to close one of B.C.'s busiest backcountry ski and snowshoeing areas on Vancouver's North Shore because of the Olympic Games is upsetting those who use the wilderness trails for their winter recreation. Health officials in B.C. are...
News Source: Toronto Star
| about 1 month ago
Ruth Sadler, left, passes Raph Bruhwiler the Olympic Torch as he surfs by on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Bill Walker has no corporate connections or past Olympic glory, but he thought among...
News Source: The Globe and Mail
| about 1 month ago
Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 2:24AM EST I t hasn't taken long for those wanting to make a buck out of 2010 keepsakes to get their entrepreneurial claws into the Olympic torch relay. As the relay whisks its way through the frozen north...
News Source: The Beacon Herald
| about 1 month ago
Those who have missed out on the chance to carry the Olympic torch will be able to do so provided they have some cash to burn. Less than a week into the 106-day relay, Olympic torches for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games have already started popping...
News Source: Macleans
| about 1 month ago
The 2010 Olympic torch warmed up the frigid community of Old Crow this morning as it was carried into a town celebration on a dogsled. Residents of the Yukon village north of the Arctic Circle waved and smiled as the Olympic flame was carried off the...
News Source: Leader Post Online
| about 1 month ago
Getting your hands on an Olympic torch is easy — if you have $2,000 to spare. As the 45,000-kilometre torch relay continued on its sixth day Wednesday, bidding remained open for two 2010 Olympic torches...A torchbearer-to-be from B.C. posted on the...