Winter Games

• Snowy competition brings together athletes from around B.C. for Winter Games

  The BC Winter Games have officially begun, bringing excitement and hundreds of young athletes together in Vernon for a full day of competition.

  Sports

  Mar 25
  
• Organizers, athletes adapt to warming climate before and during Canada Winter Games

  Shifts between freeze and thaw has complicated life for the Canada Winter Games, as athletes and organizers adapt to what climate scientists say is the new reality of less snow.

  Sports

  Feb 20
  
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• Sask. curlers qualify for 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games

  This weekend, Regina, Sask., hosted its eighth annual ‘Special Olympics Saskatchewan Bonspiel,’ as 10 teams hit the curling rink.

  Sports

  Jan 22
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• Canada wins 26th Olympic medal as Beijing Games end with closing ceremony

  Justin Kripps piloted his crew to a bronze medal in four-man bobsled on the final day at the Beijing Games - Canada's last medal of the Olympics.

  Sports

  Feb 20, 2022
• Under 100,000 spectators have attended Beijing Olympics, officials say

  The Beijing Games are taking place inside a "closed loop" that separates competitors, team staff, media and others from the general public.

  Sports

  Feb 19, 2022
• Beijing Olympics: IOC must consider hosts’ human rights record, skier Kenworthy says

  Rights groups have long criticized the IOC's choice of Beijing as 2022 host, and several countries mounted diplomatic boycotts to protest China's human rights record.

  Sports

  Feb 19, 2022
• Young Edmonton athlete makes Olympic debut after overcoming adversity

  At 22 years old, Dawn Richardson Wilson has reached the pinnacle of her sport: making her Olympic debut in Beijing. 

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2022
• What happened to… the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team

  On this episode of the Global News podcast What happened to…? Erica Vella finds out what happened to the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2022
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• Beijing Olympics: U.S. skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin stuns after failing to finish races

  Shiffrin, who has dominated the technical events in recent years, was eliminated from the women's slalom days after crashing at the giant slalom.

  Sports

  Feb 9, 2022
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• Beijing locks down more residential communities after COVID-19 cases found

  The Chinese capital is on high alert as it prepares to host the Winter Olympic Games opening on Friday.

  World

  Jan 30, 2022