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Vancouver 2010 congratulates City of Toronto on winning 2015 Pan Am Games
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) congratulates the City of Toronto for earning the honour today of hosting the 2015 Pan Am Games - marking the third time Canada will host the games. >>>
Statement from VANOC with regard to BC Ambulance Service at the 2010 Winter Games
Like any major international event that draws thousands of participants, safety is our number one priority. When athletes and the public are at our venues, we must ensure the necessary medical services are in place to provide a safe environment >>>
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay to visit 11 communities in 10 days across Canada starting March 3, 2010 Coca-Cola, RBC, Province of BC join Government of Canada in support of relay
Nine more Canadian communities will celebrate the endless possibilities of the human spirit and the awe-inspiring stories of Paralympic athletes when they welcome the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay, starting on March 3, 2010 in the nation’s capital. >>>
Pay tribute to Olympic champions and enjoy top Canadian talent - all at an affordable price with nightly Victory Ceremony tickets on sale Saturday, November 7
This Saturday, Olympic fans are encouraged to be among the first to purchase Vancouver Victory Ceremony tickets at www.vancouver2010.com and reserve their place in 2010 to witness Olympians from around the world have their Vancouver 2010 medals placed around their necks for the first time. >>>
City of Vancouver hands over Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver to VANOC
Vancouver, BC – Officially marking the 100 day countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and a major milestone in the road to 2010, City of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson handed over the keys today to the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver to John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). >>>
Vancouver 2010 promises bilingual experience so all Canadians can share in excitement of Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Vancouver, BC — Bienvenue and welcome to Canada’s Games in 2010! In exactly 100 days from now, visitors at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will enjoy a bilingual experience sharing in one of the world’s largest sporting and cultural events. >>>
Do Your Part: National Youth Video Contest
With the theme of environmental sustainability, kids, here’s your task: Get your video cameras out and get creative with your message of keeping planet earth healthy. >>>
With nearly 100 days to go until start of 2010 Winter Games, VANOC completes search for Sea to Sky workforce accommodation
Vancouver, BC — Accommodation for more than 6,000 people needed to stage the 2010 Winter Games in British Columbia’s Sea to Sky region has been secured by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). The accommodation solutions range from a cruise ship to billeted rooms in private homes between North Vancouver and Pemberton. >>>
Partners of 2010 Winter Games join forces to help make Canada’s Games carbon neutral VANOC, Offsetters to offset air travel of 2010 Olympians and Paralympians
On the eve of the 100-day countdown to the Games, 25 partners of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are among the first to join forces in an ambitious effort to leave Canada and the world an environmental legacy of carbon neutral Games in 2010, including offsetting air travel for Olympians and Paralympians. >>>
Over 100,000 2010 Olympic Winter Games tickets on sale November 7 including gold medal hockey, curling and ceremonies Last chance to receive collectable souvenir-style tickets
The third and final phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games begins Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 am (Pacific Time) at www.vancouver2010.com. >>>
Olympic Torch Relay update - rerouting
Victoria, British Columbia– As the relay comes to a conclusion after a highly successful first day at the second to last stop at Government House, a large group of protestors were observed by the security and public safety authorities and by the Torch Relay advance team at Government House. >>>
Olympic News
Victoria, BC— The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is officially underway with medal-winning Olympians Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doanrevealed today as the first torchbearers to hold the Olympic Flame aloft on Canadian soil at the start of the historic 106-day journey. >>>
Olympic Flame entrusted to Canada for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games at handover ceremony in Greece
Flame to arrive on Canadian soil in less than 24 hours for start of longest domestic relay in Olympic history. Athens, Greece — As Greek children waved the blue and white striped flag of their country hand-in-hand with the red and white Maple Leaf, Greek officials entrusted the Olympic Flame to a Canadian delegation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games this evening in a moving ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium in downtown Athens. >>>
Vancouver 2010 torchbearers everyday Canadians committed to a better Canada
70 per cent (8,500) of 12,000 positions available to the public. Vancouver, BC— Thousands of everyday Canadians are lacing up their running shoes and practising for their moment in the spotlight as official torchbearers in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. The relay is presented by Coca-Cola and RBC and supported by the Government of Canada. >>>
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad adds cutting-edge indie rock, electronic music acts
Tickets on sale at www.vancouver2010.com/culturalolympiad. Vancouver, BC — The dulcet tones of critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Dallas Green of City and Colour and the thumping mashup rhythms of top club DJs Kid Koala and Mike Relm are coming to Vancouver as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, presented by Bell. >>>
