• Olympic road closures shut down stadium traffic CBC - Fri Jan 29, 11:05 AM

    With just two weeks to go until the start of the Olympics, organizers rolled out the next round of road closures in downtown Vancouver on Friday morning, shutting down the streets around BC Place and GM Place, along with several side streets in the area.

  • Climate change blamed for Olympic snow shortage
    Climate change blamed for Olympic snow shortage CBC - Fri Jan 29, 9:27 AM

    The Games are a perfect catalyst for Canada to take climate change seriously in the long term, according to Ian Bruce, lead climate change campaigner at the Suzuki Foundation.

  • Ailing NBC gambles heavily on Vancouver Olympics
    Ailing NBC gambles heavily on Vancouver Olympics Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 12:02 AM

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC successfully has battled network rivals, time differences and controversy during two decades of Olympics. But on the eve of the Vancouver Winter Games, the fourth-ranked network might bow to an intractable foe: economics.

  • Vancouver weather always a wildcard Reuters - Thu Jan 28, 10:19 PM

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian government will spend C$13.4 million ($12.8 million) to track one of the "world's most complex weather systems" but trying to predict what Mother Nature might do during the Vancouver Winter Olympics is a roll of the dice.

  • BC Hydro charged up for Games
    BC Hydro charged up for Games CBC - Thu Jan 28, 8:44 PM

    BC Hydro says it has a detailed plan to keep the lights on at Metro Vancouver and Whistler venues during the Olympics, no matter what challenges are presented by southwest B.C.'s sometimes wild winter weather.