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Public gets closer look at Olympic cauldron
VANCOUVER - Moments after descending from a rooftop platform that provides an unobstructed view of the Olympic cauldron on the Vancouver waterfront, Jeff Rank said the attraction was "better than Disneyland." Several injured when concert barricade collapses
In the latest blow to the troubled Vancouver Olympics, a free concert had to be cancelled Tuesday night at the LiveCity Yaletown site, when a rushing crowd caused a barricade in front of the stage to give way, injuring 19 people. Bad weather, a fenced-off flame: It's one problem after another at a limping Olympics
VANCOUVER, B.C. - From fire to ice, nothing seems to be going right at the Olympics. The torch malfunctioned. Warm weather turned the slopes and the event schedule to slop. A Zamboni had to ride to the rescue from Calgary following a meltdown at the speed MD critical of Coke's Olympic sponsorship
A B.C. pediatrician says the association of sponsors like Coca-Cola with the Olympic Games is disappointing and potentially damaging to children. City has no plans to remove Olympic tent city
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says the city has no plans to remove a tent village erected by protesters in the Downtown Eastside. PM touts 'hard power' military purchases
The purchase and use of C-17 transport planes is an example of the "hard power" requirements of the type of relief work soldiers are now doing in Haiti, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said during a tour of the country. Officials fire back at international media criticism of Games
Journalists around the world have been revelling in the Games' many problems in the opening days, from a lack of snow on the ski and snowboard courses to ice problems at the speed skating venue. Now, Olympics officials are pushing back. Nuclear plant workers possibly exposed to radiation
Workers may have been exposed to radioactivity at the Bruce nuclear power station on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in late November, during work on a reactor that was shut down in 1995, according to a report posted to the company's website. Calgary Transit staff caught moonlighting
CALGARY -- Calgary Transit is cracking down on two-timing employees who conduct outside business on the job after a whistleblower report ferreted out some extra-curricular activities. Food tampered with at Calgary store
CALGARY -- Chances are, it’s some mischievous punk with a box of pins and a brain half as sharp. Zamboni airlift to rescue Oval ice
In an effort to preserve the carbon-neutral goal of the 2010 Games, organizers originally went with the Olympia machines, which run on electricity. By day's end Monday, they were clearly rethinking that decision."I realize they wanted to make a green Game Whistler says gondola malfunction 'not uncommon'
A Whistler gondola malfunction after an Olympic luge event Sunday is a fairly common problem and should not prompt safety concerns, officials at Whistler-Blackcomb resort said Monday. Coyote warning issued in Newfoundland
TORONTO -- RCMP have issued a warning to residents in a northeastern Newfoundland town to be on the lookout for a coyote. Ontario kids home safe after U.S. rink cave-in
A group of seven- and eight-year-old hockey players from Ajax, Ont., are safe at home one day after spilling out of a Pennsylvania arena seconds before the building's roof collapsed. Vancouver has record-breaking warm spell
Residents of B.C.'s Lower Mainland often enjoy milder winters than most of the country, but it's been at least 114 years since the area has recorded so many warm mid-winter days in a row. 
Flag Day? Who knew?
Nobody we buttonholed in the long and winding queue awaiting entrance to the Canada Pavilion.
But, aye, Feb. 15 is indeed Flag Day in this country so rah-rah-rah Maple Leaf. Biden's motorcade involved in crash at Vancouver Olympics
Two former Olympians were injured when the United States vice-president's motorcade was involved in a three-car collision on Sunday near Vancouver, RCMP said. Olympic organizers considering changes to cauldron barrier
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Set free the flame. That's becoming the rallying cry of Vancouver Games spectators who were hoping to bask in the warmth of the Olympic cauldron but are instead being left cold by the fact they can't get anywhere near it. Vancouver celebrates Lunar New Year
Thousands of people joined in Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in downtown Vancouver on Sunday. Opening Ceremony most watched Canadian event
The Vancouver Olympic opening ceremonies smashed Canadian TV records to become the most-watched broadcast event in the nation's history, an incredible feat in the age of the Internet. Rainfall warning issued for Metro Vancouver
An intense Pacific frontal system is expected to drop 50 to 70 millimetres of rain on Metro Vancouver by Sunday morning, according to a warning from Environment Canada Olympic spectators crowd transit network
In the first real test of the transportation plan for the 2010 Winter Games, Vancouver's public transit has been flooded with thousands of Olympic passengers, creating lineups and waits at many key stations. Anti-Olympic protest turns violent in Vancouver
Authorities say more than 200 protesters, many of them wearing masks, took to the streets at Granville and Georgia Streets before 10 a.m. and began causing damage to private property. Olympic protesters try to shed kill-joy image
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Vancouver on Friday to protest the opening of the 2010 Winter Games, making a concerted effort to avoid violent conflict and to shed the kill-joy label branded on them by Olympic supporters. Premier rolls out Alberta's Olympic train
Alberta rolled out its luxury train on Friday, a key part of a $7-million marketing campaign to promote the province to tourists and business executives during the Vancouver Olympics. Drunken troublemakers face Halifax ban
Drunken troublemakers who get kicked out of one Halifax bar could get banned from them all if a new pilot project gets off the ground. 100 pups to arrive in Edmonton via private jet
For the third time, an Edmonton businesswoman who volunteers for the Edmonton Humane Society has organized to fly in dogs from California puppy mills to Edmonton. Feds didn't know deported hijacker would be jailed
OTTAWA — Federal officials say they had no inkling that a convicted hijacker who has already served his prison sentence would be thrown in jail again after being deported to India. Woman battles coyote, saves puppy
Sampson knew something was wrong.
The puppy immediately wanted back in the house when his owner, Marie Simon of Saint-Charles New Brunswick, let him outside at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Harper urges Canadians to cheer on Canada's Olympic team
VICTORIA, B.C. - Canadians should drop their normally quiet nationalist ways during the Winter Olympics to loudly and proudly cheer on Canada's Olympic athletes, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Suspect package a fishing rod
Concerns about a suspicious object found in the Lonsdale Quay area of North Vancouver on Thursday proved unfounded after police detonated the package and discovered it had contained a fishing rod. Train derails in western Man.
Investigators and workers with CN Rail were kept busy Thursday after a 56-car train derailment in western Manitoba, RCMP said. BC Rail to be taken over by ministry
The B.C. government is going ahead with plans to wind up BC Rail and fold the remains of the crown corporation into the Ministry of Transportation. Olympic hockey captains thank troops for inspiration
Ottawa, ON -- Jean Labonté (sledge hockey team), Scott Niedermayer (men’s hockey team) and Hayley Wickenheiser (women’s hockey team) found the time between hours of practice and preparations to co-sign a letter of thanks to the troops of the Canadian Forc Lonsdale Quay evacuated for suspicious package
A major transit hub connecting Vancouver's North Shore communities was shut down Thursday afternoon as police investigated reports of a suspicious package. Grassroots group calls for moose-hunt hotline
A grassroots organization in Newfoundland and Labrador has a simple solution to cutting down on moose vs. vehicle collisions - shoot the moose. Anti-military backlash feared in Trenton
Murder and sexual assault charges against the former commander of CFB Trenton have sparked worries of an anti-military backlash in the area. Vancouver poet denounces VANOC 'muzzle'
Vancouver poet laureate Brad Cran has announced he will not participate in the Cultural Olympiad accompanying the 2010 Games because of rules he claims muzzle artists. Montreal man was part of elite secret intelligence operation
Montreal born Dave Sheskin was a super spy. A retired officer (Major) he spent 19 years in Mossad in virtually every country in the world, but primarily in the European theatre of operations. His expertise is in radical Islam, Sharia law and the tracking Harper to pay for his Olympic tickets
OTTAWA — Being the prime minister has its perks. Not only does Stephen Harper get the drafty old house on Sussex Drive and the corner office on Parliament Hill, but he also gets a pass that lets him into all events at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games fo Organizers say security ready for Olympics
More than 16,000 police officers and military personnel will be out in full force Friday for the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Olympic Oval architects add golden touch
More than two years ago at the construction site for the Olympic long-track speed skating venue, as many as 100 Vanoc organizers, Vancouver and Richmond city officials, architects and construction crews stood in front of the north-facing windows at the ed Protesters force Harper to delay appearance
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to postpone a visit to a Vancouver Chinese community centre Wednesday because protesters had surrounded the building and sealed its doors. Canadians craft more than 20,000 valentines for veterans
OTTAWA - Canada's veterans living in long-term care facilities will be feeling the love from across the country with the delivery of special valentines created by fellow Canadians. Canadians eat more instant meals at home
Canadians are gravitating more towards convenience foods when they eat at home but are still concerned about the nutritional aspects of ingredients Snow blankets southwestern Ontario
Heavy snowfall in southwestern Ontario delighted children on the tobogganing hill but infuriated adults stranded at an airport as the first major snowstorm this winter hit Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent. Ethical-sealing pledge could lift EU ban: senator
A Quebec senator is calling on Nunavut to sign on to a proposed international declaration on ethical seal hunting, which she says could help Canada challenge the European Union's trade ban on seal products. Cellphone driving ban needs to go further: CAA
It is not enough to ban drivers from using hand-held cellphones, says the Canadian Automobile Association, because research shows hands-free devices are just as dangerous. Three calls to 911, but why didn't they stop?
Early Sunday morning, for reasons that are still not known, 26-year-old Squamish, B.C., resident Alexander Borgen Larsen was lying in the middle of the slow lane on the Sea-to-Sky Highway. Snow emergency in Chatham-Kent, snowfall warning in Windsor-Essex
A snow emergency was declared in Chatham-Kent Tuesday and Windsor-Essex remained under a snowfall warning as the region weathered the first major snow storm of 2010.Back to Canada News
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