GeneralBad Olympics, bet they don’t even cure cancerThe Olympics are big, noisy, pushy and inconvenient for those in a hurry. Vancouver is just waking up to a taste of what it’s...
GeneralSomewhere, Gopher is cryingA person could do nothing but security stories between now and the start of the Games—none of which reflect all that well on the...
GeneralComing to a town near you. Or maybe not?This Friday, Nov. 21, is the day that The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee will release the 35,000 route of the torch...
GeneralAnd the Finger-Pointing Gold goes to....SIDESHOW SAM : The story of the City of Vancouver’s controversial and no-longer-secret $100 million loan to the builders of the...
GeneralVancouver 2010: Drama AlertDuring the Turin Games, I spent two long weeks at the Palasport Olimpico and the smaller Torino Esposizioni rinks, covering...
BusinessVANOC 2010: no Olympic freeloadersVANOC will buy every inch of billboard space during the Games
GeneralThings that make you go hmmmm.Less than two months after Ken Read stepped down chief executive officer of Alpine Canada, the former Crazy Canuck has been named...
CanadaBeijing 2008: The brotherhood of Elk LakeAn unwavering belief in one another and their coach brought the eight back to gold
GeneralFlaming FantasticRan into Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan in Beijing today. He’s here for some meet-and-greet, followed by some sightseeing and then...