Archive for the ‘Canada’ Category

The success of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, are just the start of a big year for Canada, according to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister. Along with Canada’s fantastic achievement holding the games, and the sporting achievements within it, this is also a year when it will host the G8 and G20 summits, giving Canada a real prominence on the...  Read more

On Sunday February 28 the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games will finally draw to a close. I anticipate there will be many among us who will get withdrawal symptoms from our daily fix of sporting action. Even die-hard “I have no interest in sport” people have found themselves caught up in Olympic fever, hooked on curling, giddy on the skating...  Read more

Over at Vancouver 2010 the host country is celebrating again with a winning gold medal performance by the women’s ice hockey team. It was the third consecutive gold medal at the Winter Olympics by the Canadians.  Read more  [Read more...]

The match that everybody was waiting for (in Canada at least), finally took place last night at Vancouver 2010. Canada were to play Russia in the men’s ice hockey and the whole country paused to draw breath as the excitement almost became too much.  Read more  [Read more...]

At the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics the curling tournament has at last, reached the semifinal stage. Both the men and women’s Canadian curling teams are playing well and are anticipated to take medals. In fact they are highly tipped to win the gold medals.  Read more  [Read more...]

There appears to be disappointment with some Asian people in Vancouver, that they have not been included in the celebrations surrounding the Winter Olympic games. The Olympic opening ceremony gave tribute to the aboriginals and French speakers of Canada, but neglected to mention the vast amount of Asians living in Vancouver, who form a vibrant community....  Read more

The country will come to a stop on Wednesday night for the big one…Canada v Russia, in the ice hockey tournament at Vancouver 2010. Although it’s not for the gold medal, this game couldn’t be more important to a nation already enthralled by the Winter Olympics.  Read more  [Read more...]

At Vancouver 2010 the home fans were given a huge boost as Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skated into the gold medal position. The Pacific Coliseum at the Winter Olympics was filled with Canadian fans who after the disappointment of their teams defeat to the USA in the ice hockey, were thankfully not let down this time.  Read more  [Read more...]