An Olympic-sized Accomplishment for Vancouver

The city of Vancouver, the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, should be highly praised for their successful efforts in being innovative yet environmentally friendly and sustainable.  Let’s take transportation...

VANOC Cancels Olympics Standing Room Tickets For Cypress Mountain

Thousands of standing room tickets for Cypress Mountain 2010 Winter Olympics events have been cancelled starting yesterday. VANOC has cancelled the Olympics tickets due to unsafe conditions in the spectator areas...

VANOC sends mixed messages on sutainable transportation

The Vancouver Olympic committee seems to be sending mixed messages on transportation.  The bid book called for support for cycling infrastructure and public transit. But they are using a fleet of over 4,000...

BC Government To Give 3,400 Olympics Tickets To VIPs

The BC Provincial Government has spent $1 million on purchasing over 3,400 VIP Olympics tickets. The purchase took place today, with VANOC provided an additional 910 tickets. Around 3,200 of the VIP Olympics...

Snow Transported To Cypress Mountain For Olympics Via Helicopter

With the 2010 Olympics just a short week away, VANOC has taken stronger measures towards readying Cypress Mountain for the Olympic skiing and snowboarding events. Cypress Mountain will be the Olympic site for...

Vancouver Olympics Tickets Resale Scams: How to Protect Yourself

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympics fast approaching, organizers of the 2010 games are concerned about Olympics tickets resale scams on sites like eBay and Craigslist. Vancouver 2010 has a website for people to sell their tickets to anyone after they have already paid for them,...

Vanoc Says New Lululemon Clothing Line Violates their Rules

VANOC, the company behind the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, have said that they are disappointed with the retailer Lululemon's new 'Olympic' style of clothing and say it is unsportsmanlike for them to produce a line that is trying to profit from the games. Lululemon has...

Women Ski Jumpers to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

Women ski jumpers are taking their appeal to the supreme court of Canada regarding their exclusion from the 2010 Olympics.  They are hoping that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear their appeal in time for...

2010 Olympics It's OK to Trample Human Rights

The hoopla surrounding the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver/Whistler has been going on for far too long already.  Stories abound regarding the stupidity and callous disregard for the 'little people' who are...

Jack Poole Chair of Vancouer Olympics Dies

Jack Poole the chair of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics has died.  A prominent businessman, Poole, played a major role in bring the Winter Games to Vancouver. Indeed, he passed away shortly after the the Olympic...

Vancouver 2010 Olympic And Paralympic Medals Released Today

The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) has revealed the designs of the Olympic and Paralympic medals to be handed out at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. The medal presentation took place today at the Vancouver Olympic Village.VANOC branded the medals as one-of-a-kind work...

2010 Olympics Women Ski Jumping IOC Omission Ruled Discrimination

The BC Supreme Court has ruled that while the International Olympics Committee (IOC) exclusion of women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games is discrimination, forcing the committee to allow women ski jumping is outside of the court's jurisdiction. The ruling was made by Justice...

Carbon-Neutral Olympics for Vancouver 2010?

The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) has announced that next year's 2010 Games is planned to be carbon-neutral.VANOC has secured a $5-million sponsorship from Offsetters Clean Technology, a BC-based company that will provide offset projects and work with Games...

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Organizing Committee Sues Travel Company

VANOC --Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Games -- is suing Roadtrips, a travel company based in Winnipeg, for selling Olympic travel packages, which include event tickets that the company does not have a legal right to sell. "Organizers of the Vancouver 2010...

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