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  • Warm weather, IOC dope warning creates big chill

    AFP – 7 mins ago  
    A general view of Men's Moguls Freestyle Skiing slope during... AFP

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Bright sunshine darkened the mood again at the Winter Olympics while potential drugs cheats received a pre-Games warning that they'll never escape their crimes. Full Story »

  • Warm weather heats up Games ski worries

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 8:52 pm ET  
    The Olympic rings are pictured during the sunset on Whistler... AFP

    WHISTLER, Canada (AFP) - Fears of a weather-affected Winter Olympics deepened on Tuesday when warm, spring-like conditions prompted quickfire remedial work at the mountain resort of Whistler which will stage the blue riband skiing events. Full Story »

  • Vancouver's poor - dark side of the Games

    AFP – 1 hr 42 mins ago  
    Wendy Pederson, from the Carnegie Community action project, is... AFP/File

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Canada is spending over two billion dollars on the Winter Olympics but just steps away from the venue for the opening ceremony sits one of the country's most notorious slums where drug addiction and prostitution are rife. Full Story »

  • Indian chief presides over disunited nations

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 3:51 pm ET  
    Tewanee Joseph, CEO of the Four Host First Nations, is ready... AFP/File

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Native Canadians, plagued by crushing social problems, discrimination and isolation, are deeply divided over the benefits and legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Full Story »

  • Canada luge gold worth one million

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 7:56 pm ET  
    Alex Gough of Canada during the Wiessmann Luge World Cup in 2009... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WHISTLER, Canada (AFP) - Canada's luge team were salivating Tuesday after news that their team sponsor has offered one million dollars to anyone winning gold at the Winter Olympics. Full Story »

  • Canada to ask high court to shut down drug clinic

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 4:56 pm ET  
    The building at the corner of Abott and Hastings in Vancouver,... AFP/File

    OTTAWA (AFP) - The Canadian government will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling sanctioning heroin use at a Vancouver clinic, the attorney general announced Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Canadian military murder probe looks at cold cases

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 6:07 pm ET  
    File picture shows a Canadian fighter jet inside a hangar. Police... AFP/Getty Images/File

    OTTAWA (AFP) - Police said Tuesday they expanded their investigation of a senior Canadian military officer charged with murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others, hoping to solve a 2001 cold case. Full Story »

  • Canada's Getzlaf injured in NHL game

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 6:09 pm ET  
    NHL referee Kelly Sutherland signals no goal as goaltender Jonathan... AFP/Getty Images/File

    ANAHEIM, California (AFP) - Ryan Getzlaf, the Ducks center due to play for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, was nursing a sprained left ankle on Tuesday after he was hurt in an NHL contest the night before. Full Story »

  • Google Maps climbs to Olympic peaks

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 4:54 pm ET  
    A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine... AFP/File

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday. Full Story »

  • Korea's Kim, US star White top Olympic rich list

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 6:27 pm ET  
    South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na, pictured in 2009, and American... AFP/File

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na and American Shaun White are the top earning athletes at the Winter Olympics, each pocketing eight million dollars last year, according to Forbes magazine. Full Story »

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