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Women's hockey must improve or else - IOC's Rogge
Women's ice hockey must improve if it is to remain on the Olympic program, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Thursday.
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Albertans boost local ski areas
Albertans are driving an increase in visits this year to ski areas near Calgary.
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Slovakia shocks Sweden to advance to men's hockey semis
For those who believe in fate, it has happened again. In 2002 it was Belarus which stunned Team Sweden, taking it out of the Salt Lake City Olympics, allowing the Canadians an easier path to the gold medal game.
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Olympic tribute vandalized at south Calgary school
Blue, yellow, black and red ice blocks litter a patch of snow outside Fish Creek School in southeast Calgary.
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My tips for attending Olympics on the fly
It's late out of the starting gate but still possible to jump on the Olympics bandwagon before closing ceremonies Sunday. Last Friday, I decided in the morning to drive that night to Vancouver -- all flights were long sold out. Crazy, yes, but well worth the whirlwind for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Unlike the athletes, who have spent the past five years training for Vancouver 2010, or the journalists covering the games, who eat, breathe, sleep and dream the Olympics, fans require nothing more than to just show up -- provided, of course, they have a place to stay.
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Eat, drink, perform like an Olympian
Jennifer Gibson, a registered dietitian who coached Canadian Olympic snowboarder Maelle Ricker, says by now, Olympic competitors will be in maintenance mode, sustaining what they've worked on during the year.
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Coach trusts her crew to perform against U.S.A.
Game Day -- Women's hockey Gold Medal Game
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Relay skiers run out of gas
Canada was oh-so-close to an Olympic bronze medal in men's cross-country skiing three days ago and oh-so-far from one on Wednesday.
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Skeleton racer feels the love
Airdrie's Mellisa Hollingsworth returned to the Whistler Sliding Centre on Wednesday, five days after experiencing heartbreak in women's skeleton at the Winter Olympic Games.
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Canada's sledders own the podium
Kaillie Humphries considered defecting to the British bobsled team after she was benched by Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Good thing she didn't.
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Canadians' raw patriotism stuns Olympic organizers
Vancouver Olympic officials say they've been taken by surprise by the positive public reaction to the 2010 Winter Olympics, to the point that they underestimated the patriotism that would be shown and the crowds that would turn out to see the cauldron.
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Officials predict trouble if funds shrivel
Canada needs to continue to support athlete development after the Vancouver Olympic Games or risk losing the momentum built up through the Own The Podium program, sports officials said Wednesday.
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Canada's great day
- Gold and silver won in women's bobsled -- - Short-track speedskaters capture silver
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Team Canada defeats Russia in men's hockey
It wasn’t the gold medal game . . . it just felt like it.
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'Whistler girl' McIvor delivers ski cross gold
Call it performance on demand. Call it bragging with portfolio. Call it living up to the spirit of Canada's much-maligned goal of owning the podium.
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