The National Arts Centre hosted Ottawa’s Gold Medal Plates dinner to raise funds for the Canadian Olympic Foundation. Local chefs prepared special meals and high profile Olympians attended including Alexandre Bilodeau (below), the first Canadian to win gold on Canadian soil.
The Vancouver Games started as a ‘crazy’ dream and ended up a wondrous spectacle that transfixed and, just maybe, transformed a nation
Own the Podium was more than just good sport. It was a picture of our country as it was always supposed to be.
SCOTT FESCHUK: Judging various elements of the Vancouver Olympics using a numerical ranking from zero to 10
With the support of his big brother, Alexandre Bilodeau makes Olympic history
The nation’s newest heartthrob gives captivating speech, is toasted in style
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