Feature Stories

In time for the Beijing 2008 Games, the Royal Canadian Mint has brought back the Lucky Loonie — a special edition of the familiar one dollar coin featuring a Canadian loon landing on the water.   The Royal Canadian Mint — an official supporter of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games — has provided each member of the Beijing-bound Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams with a Lucky Loonie. The Mint

As a tribute to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, GE (NYSE: GE) — a worldwide partner of the Olympic    Games — recently donated a CT scanner to the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia. GE’s Lightspeed VCT, a state-of-the-art medical imaging device, will be located in the Whistler Health Care Centre in advance of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and will remain within the community following the

Real sport is pure human energy. Real sport is trust and respect for the system. With this in mind, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) is implementing a world-class anti-doping program. Today, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Institut Armand-Frappier (INRS) based in Montreal, Quebec — Canada’s only World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory and one of 33 WADA-accredited laboratories

UBC Thunderbird Arena will stage those legendary battles for national pride that are sure to bring hockey fans to their feet during the 2010 Winter Games. The venue opened this week. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and the University of British Columbia (UBC), in partnership with the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia, announced Monday that construction of the UBC Thunderbird Arena is

The Whistler Sliding Centre — home to bobsleigh, luge and skeleton — and Whistler Olympic Park/Whistler Paralympic Park — the venue for all 2010 Winter Games Nordic sports — are hosting public tours this summer. The Whistler Sliding Centre Beginning Thursday, July 3, The Whistler Sliding Centre on Blackcomb Mountain will be offering self-guided public walking tours Thursdays to Sundays until the end of August. Walking tours provide an opportunity