With arena/event centre negotiations picking back up in Calgary, Joe McFarland writes he's seen the same arguments before.

"It would be so important and so valuable if we could replace the stadium," Ken King said.

Stockholm and a joint Italian bid from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo are still in the running to host the 2026 Games.

Returning officer Laura Kennedy is recommending Calgary adopt electronic tabulators after results for the Olympic plebiscite came back in about 90 minutes.

Calgary city council is expected to vote to officially end the Olympic bid process on Monday. 

Premier Rachel Notley said she didn't think it was appropriate for the provincial government to weigh in on the Olympic bid debate.

CANMORE, Alta. - The mayor of Canmore says he's disappointed that Calgarians have rejected a potential bid by their city for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

"Sport in a positive sense really brings a country together,'' Canadian Olympic Committee president Tricia Smith said Wednesday. "I think it's just a part of us, our humanity. So I suspect we will see another bid from Canada.''

"The province was not interested in this, the province turned its back on Calgary," said Mount Royal University's David Taras.

Marc-Andre Fabien, president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee, says home games would have "united the nation'' and energized people across the country.