Obama in Vancouver Olympics security exercise Breitbart | The slopes at a Cypress mountain venue. US President Barack Obama on Wednes... | US President Barack Obama on Wednesday led a cabinet-level exercise to probe a massive Canadian security operation being rolled out for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver this month. | The White House praised the comple...
Cross country skiing-Norway aim for Vancouver gold rush The Guardian By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Resurgent Norway, after failing to win a single Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing four years ago in Turin, will once again be among the teams to beat at this month's Vancouver Winter Games. At last year's world championships in Liberec, ...
Schwarzenegger and Coe to carry torch in Vancouver m&c | Vancouver - Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch to former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe on Friday ahead of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games, officials said Monday. | The California governor and the two-time Olympic gold me...
Canada: no need for G7 to follow US bank plan -media The Guardian TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Group of Seven countries have their own ideas about bank regulation and do not need to follow the U.S. lead, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was quoted as saying by Japan's Asahi newspaper. A senior U.S. Treasury offic...
Canada's competition czar targets real estate fees The Guardian * Asks Competition Tribunal to strike down MLS rules * Wants to let consumers pay for fewer services (Adds industry reaction in final two paragraphs) OTTAWA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's competition czar took aim at the Canadian Real Estate Association...
Cross country skiing-Norway aim for Vancouver gold rush The Guardian By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Resurgent Norway, after failing to win a single Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing four years ago in Turin, will once ...
Lack of snow, warm weather is hot topic in Vancouver USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Jae C. Hong, AP A man works at the freestyle skiing venue at Cypress Mountain, where snow has been airlifted and trucked in because of warmer-than-normal conditions. "Hopefully, winte...
US Olympians begin checking in at Vancouver Syracuse | (AP) - RICHMOND, British Columbia - From the hulking members of U.S. men's bobsledding team to tiny figure skater Amanda Evora, there's nothing like a free shopping spree to get into the Olympic mood. | In another sign the Vancouver Games are quick...
The clock starts ticking for horses slaughter-bound to Canada, but is it really enough? The Examiner | No horse should meet his death in a slaughterhouse. istockphoto.com If you like this ... Horses of desperate owners face uncertain future Review: Beyond the Homestretch: What I've Learned from Saving Racehorses, by Lynn Reardon Twenty-six and counting: how many more wild horses will have to die? View all » | The countdown for the unnamed ho...
