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...
opinion by JLeung | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 220 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by amyellensoden | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 405 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
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...
created by amyellensoden | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 302 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by amyellensoden | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1562 views | 11 recommendations | 2 comments
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,...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1671 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
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...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago 520 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 165 views | 20 recommendations | 3 comments
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 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...
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...
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...
created by cyn.khoo | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1906 views | 13 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by cyn.khoo | 3 years ago 264 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
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...