Archive for February, 2010
The Canadian Press – LONDON – From the Arabian desert to central London, Canadian pride glowed around the the world as expats tuned in to watch their men’s national hockey team capture Olympic hockey gold on Sunday.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – Brimming with pride as Olympic hosts, Canada exploded in a collective spasm of national joy Sunday as hockey hero Sidney Crosby dispatched the United States in a tightrope-tense hockey thriller, capping Vancouver’s Games with a record-setting 14th gold medal.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – The final word on the Vancouver Olympics? Excellent and very friendly.
A catastrophic tidal surge failed to materialize following the powerful earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, leaving experts to defend the dire warning they issued for Pacific nations.
AFP – VANCOUVER (AFP) – A burst of fireworks ignited the Vancouver Olympics closing ceremony Sunday in front of an estimated global television audience of billions on a historic day for Canada.
The closing ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games began Sunday evening with a humourous raising of the fourth arm of Olympic cauldron, lit by Catriona Le May Doan.
The Winnipeg Sun – The new head of Winnipeg’s animal services agency is making a push to boost the city’s “disappointing” rate of dog licensing.
The Winnipeg Sun – A few years ago people were worried crystal meth would invade Manitoba the way it did some U.S. states, which became ridden with addicts, fatal overdoses and clandestine labs.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada is on its feet.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Olympic flag no longer flies over Vancouver.
The Canadian Press – With the 2010 Winter Olympics in the book after 17 days of competition, the images they leave behind are burned as much into the host nation’s emotional memory as they are on the collective Canadian retina.
Reuters – VANCOUVER (Reuters) – These Winter Olympics showed London 2012 that great sport and people of passion will help you overcome any number of problems, while a home gold rush can set a Games on the way to greatness.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – Demonstrators were drowned out by hockey fans Sunday as anti-Olympic activists made one last protest march through downtown Vancouver on the final day of the Games.
A catastrophic tidal surge failed to materialize following the powerful earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, leaving experts to defend the dire warning they issued for Pacific nations.
The Canadian Press – KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The eruption of Canadian hockey faithful at Kandahar Airfield after Sidney Crosby’s gold-medal goal may have even drown out the roar of the fighter jets flying overhead.
CBC – Members of a Hutterite colony near Three Hills, Alta., say they will drive without being licensed if the government mandates photos on driving licences.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – With Canada needing someone to take charge on the final stage of the Vancouver Olympics, Sidney Crosby stepped up with a truly golden goal.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – A hockey-mad nation, already brimming with pride as Olympic hosts, exploded in celebration Sunday as national hero Sidney Crosby scored to end a tightrope-tense men’s hockey thriller against the United States and cap the Games with Canada’s record-setting 14th gold medal.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – This wasn’t the Olympic story that Joannie Rochette wanted to write.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – It seems U.S. President Barack Obama owes Prime Minister Stephen Harper a few cold ones.
AFP – VANCOUVER (AFP) – Sidney Crosby never saw the goal that immortalized him in Canadian hockey history, the sort he fantasized about as a child and scored as an adult to bring Canada a Vancouver Olympic gold medal.
The Winnipeg Sun – Four months after former premier Gary Doer left the riding and Manitoba to head to the Canadian ambassador’s post in Washington, the provincial Concordia riding is about to get his successor.
Reuters – VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada beat the United States in an extraordinary men’s ice hockey final on Sunday to capture a record 14th gold medal and end the Vancouver Winter Olympics on top of the world.
As rescuers continue the daunting task of sifting through rubble to find Chileans trapped under debris after Saturday morning’s massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake, the official death toll has skyrocketed to more than 708.
Reuters – VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States in a heart-stopping Olympic men’s ice hockey final on Sunday and add one last glorious gold medal to a record haul.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – Woohoo!
Reuters – VANCOUVER, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States in a heart-stopping Olympic men’s ice hockey final on Sunday and add one last glorious gold medal to a record haul.
AFP – VANCOUVER (AFP) – A raucous celebration began across Canada on Sunday after Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in over-time to give his hockey-mad homeland a 3-2 victory over the United States in the Olympic final.
Reuters – VANCOUVER, Feb 28 (Reuters) – For Canada, a country always in the shadow of its bigger, brasher, richer neighbour to the south, the idea of being best in anything was always something of a stretch.