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La Nina Brings First Snow To Whistler

25. October 2010

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This year is a La Nina year and that has seen the first snowfalls come to Whistler-Blackcomb. Over the weekend some 30 centimeters fell on recently used Olympic ski runs and Whistler Village. La Nina has the opposite effect of last year’s El Nino weather pattern that nearly washed out the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. [...]

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Canada Sets Record For Gold Medals

28. February 2010

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The Canadian 2010 Winter Olympics team was expected by Canadians from coast to coast to really shine like never before in the Vancouver-held Olympic Games. Heat was beginning to build on those connected to the Canadian Olympic team for a perceived lack of success. A couple big days seem to have changed that. Gold medals [...]

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2010 Canadian Mens Hockey Team Dodges A Bullet

24. February 2010

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The 2010 Winter Olympic men’s hockey team for Canada has dodged a bullet with their win over Germany in the qualification round. After losing to the United States, Canada needed the win or they went home. Such as loss would have rocked the hockey world. The Canadian team was lucky to beat the hard-charging Swiss [...]

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2010 Mens Figure Skating Aftermath

24. February 2010

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It is not often you see a website break all the rules and win. Black background, trademark flirtation. Controversial text. All the things you’re “not supposed to do”. Talk about a brilliant website click aggregator. It’s never too late to build traffic in explosive ways. Look at the way Evgeni Plushenko massed browsers to his [...]

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Moguls Skier Jennifer Heil Wins Canada’s First Olympic Medal

14. February 2010

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Canada’s first medal of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games was won by moguls skier Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta. Young Canadian Chloe Dufour-Lapointe finished fifth just outside the medals. The event saw Americans finish first and third to start off their Olympics on a good note. The first full day was to be a [...]

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