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north vancouver’s dennis Thomas welcomes the world to the 2010 winter Games on behalf of the Tsleil-waututh nation.
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blindsay@nsnews.com for many viewers of friday’s opening ceremonies, particularly those of the female gender, a shirtless “wolf man” stole the show. north Vancouver’s dennis thomas welcomed the world to Vancouver on behalf of the tsleil-waututh nation wearing a wolf pelt on his shoulders during an opening
performance by the Four host First nations. “that was quite a significant moment in history, and it was awesome to be a part of it,” thomas said. “it was an adrenaline rush for sure.” he said that he was proud to be part of a historical first for the olympic Games. “this is the first time ever that they’ve
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balldritt@nsnews.com canada notched its first medal of the 2010 winter olympics saturday night when jennifer heil earned silver in ladies’ moguls. after a strong qualifying performance, heil was the second-last skier to face the challenging course of moguls and jumps. the 26-year-old defending olympic champion produced an excellent run which placed her in the top spot with 25.69 points. but she was denied a place in canadian olympic history by american skier hannah Kearney, whose blistering pace, precise turns and big-air jumps earned her 26.63 points and the win. Fellow american shannon bahrke took the bronze. mogul skiers are awarded points for speed, the height and accuracy of their two jumps and the technical precision of their turns. Kearney was looking for some redemption after a disastrous performance in turin in 2006 and clearly sensed the gold was within reach after hurtling across the finish line. canada’s chloe dufour-lapointe had held onto the gold medal spot until being pushed into fifth by bahrke and japan’s aiko uemura. canada remains the only host country never to win a gold medal at home. elsewhere, simon ammann won a gold medal, the first of the Games, for switzerland in individual ski jumping. ammann, who collects the third olympic gold medal of his career, was heavily favoured to win. Poland’s adam malysz won silver and Gregor schlierenzauer of austria takes home bronze. canada’s ski jumpers were not expected to compete for medals and did
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TesTing The speed limiT The red, black and white suits worn by Canada’s long-track speedskaters are the product of a top secret, three-year development program.With support from suitmaker Descente and the Own the Podium program, the National Research Council has produced a garment believed to give skaters an aerodynamic advantage as they reach speeds of 60 kilometres per hour.The details of the suit, which was tested extensively in windtunnels, remain a closely guarded secret.
Julie payeTTe, asTronauT Canadian astronaut Julie Payette helps open the Canadian Space Agency’s Sports in Space exhibit at the West Vancouver Community Centre Thursday. She didn’t let on she would be carrying the Olympic flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Games. See story page 3.
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seven arrested Seven people were arrested in downtown Vancouver Saturday after police confronted a group of roughly 200 violent anti-Olympic protestors. The black-clad group smashed windows at the Hudson’s Bay store, argued with Olympic supporters and threw red paint before police officers managed to disperse them. Several of the arrested people will face charges, police say.
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canadian astronaut julie Payette speaks to ecole Pauline johnson students at the opening of the Sports in Space exhibit at west vancouver community centre Thursday. The free exhibit runs until march 21.
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blindsay@nsnews.com west vancouver received a visitor from outer space on Thursday as canadian astronaut julie Payette helped open the canadian space agency’s Sports in Space exhibit at the west vancouver community centre. the Sports in Space exhibit will stay open at the west Vancouver celebration site until march 21. the
interactive installation looks at the parallels between the lives of astronauts and olympian. the similarities between high-level athletes and astronauts are almost too numerous to name, Payette said. “both train for many years with a goal in mind . . . and they work hard to achieve that goal,” Payette said. once the date for competition or lift-off is set, “there’s very little chance to
not perform that day.” and the pressure on both athletes and astronauts is huge, Payette added. “the whole country is watching, but most people don’t pay much attention to athletes or astronauts while they’re training.” Payette, who has logged more than 611 hours in space and was the first canadian astronaut to board the international space station, is also an avid athlete. she’s run
triathlons, loves skiing and handball, and even competed in track and field events at the canada Games, “but that was many, many years ago,” she was quick to add. Payette said she would be delighted to attend any olympic event that she can find tickets for while she’s in town this weekend, but would be particularly keen to watch cross-country skiing,
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The capilano university transit hub for cypress was quiet early on saturday, but got much busier later in the morning.
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blindsay@nsnews.com one day into the olympics, both the seabus and the horseshoe bay ferry terminal were swamped with passengers. despite increasing seabus service to one sailing every 10 minutes, about 100 passengers were being left behind at lonsdale Quay on each trip saturday morning. according to translink, however, travellers didn’t have to wait for more than one boat. at horseshoe bay ferry terminal, the transit service reported that foot passenger traffic was “significantly above
normal,” and that additional buses were being sent to deal with the extra volume. bob Paddon, translink’s vice-president of corporate and public affairs, said that commuters and event-goers should give themselves plenty of leeway with travel time. “we’re still suggesting that people give themselves about two hours for travel time, particularly with events,” he said. translink is also recommending that transit users buy tickets in advance to avoid the lengthy lineups that are building at transit stations. “before you go, think about where you want to
go. think about exactly how you’re going to get there,” said Paddon. drivers can check the travelsmart2010.ca website for road closures and parking restrictions. Public transit users can access the trip-planning feature on translink’s website translink.bc.ca to plan their trips and view a real-time map of traffic interruptions throughout the region. travellers with internet connections on their mobile phones can access updated transit information at translink’s mobile site m.translink.ca. translink has increased its
services along several routes throughout the region. on the north shore, the n24 night bus will run throughout the night at half-hour intervals along lonsdale avenue and marine drive. Private ferry services have also beefed up. coastal link Ferries, operating out of ambleside, is offering hourly trips from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. coastal link will be taking passengers directly to Granville island on alternating trips. Vancouver water taxi is offering on-call service from north or west Vancouver to downtown.
balldritt@nsnews.com Two of this weekend’s alpine skiing events had to be rescheduled into next week after whistler received a heavy dump of rain and snow over the past two days. men’s downhill skiing was originally scheduled for 11:45 a.m. saturday, but heavy rain through Friday followed by mild temperatures yesterday morning left sections of the dave murray downhill course too slushy for racing. Forecasters also expected fog, more rain and strong winds near the middle of the 3.1-kilometre course. the race, which will include north shore medal hopefuls manuel osborne-Paradis and robbie dixon, is now planned for monday, Feb. 15, at 10:30 a.m. ladies’ super-combined competition, which includes one downhill run and one slalom run for each skier, was supposed to start today at 10 a.m. at whistler creekside. but officials had already torn up that schedule on saturday after poor weather prevented the day’s training runs. event rules require that every competitor get a practice run on both courses before the race can go ahead. while training run times remains in doubt, the ladies’ super-combined event is expected to go ahead on thursday, Feb. 18, at 10 a.m.
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acknowledged an indigenous group as an official partner,” thomas said. “it’s almost like setting a path for the future.” it was also important to show the world the diversity of canada’s First nations, he added. “we’re trying to break stereotypes. we all don’t live in igloos. we all don’t live in teepees.” thomas was picked to represent his nation after auditioning last summer. when he discovered that he would be the centre of attention, giving a welcome in english and his nation’s language halkomelem, “it was a big surprise.” thomas said that he wasn’t nervous going into Friday’s ceremony, but “i’m one of the people who has to experience something first hand. it was surreal.” after the ceremony, thomas mingled with olympic revelers downtown, and was treated like a celebrity by those who had watched the opening ceremonies. “a bunch of people recognized me,” he said. “they always referred to me as the wolf man.” his fiancée deneka michaud watched the ceremony at the tsleil-waututh reserve in north Vancouver, which she described as a moving experience. “me and his mom and his family were all bawling our eyes out,” she said. “it was amazing.” thomas is also the tsleilwaututh’s 2010 community co-ordinator for the olympics. he’ll be working in the aboriginal pavilion in Vancouver as part of his responsibilities.
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canada’s jennifer heil catches big air in the qualifying round of the womens freestyle mogul event at cypress saturday. heil was second after qualifying and held that position to claim the silver medal.
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not reach the final stage. in men’s speed skating, sven Kramer of the netherlands struck gold in the 5,000 metres, tailed by south Korean seung-hoon lee and ivan skobrev of russia. south Korea notched another speed skating medal on the 1,500-metre short track, with jung-su lee in first place, apolo anton ohno of the united states earning silver, and fellow american j.r. celski rounding out the podium. canada’s oliver jean was fourth. slovakia won its first-ever olympic gold medal saturday
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when anastazia Kuzmina pulled out an unexpected triumph over Germany’s magdalena neuner in women’s 7.5-km sprint biathlon. Frenchwoman marie dorin won bronze. Kuzima, ranked 28th in the world, crossed the finish line 1.5 seconds before neuner, a six-time world champion. canada’s best finisher was 46th-place megan tandy. although the medal games are still to come, canada’s women’s hockey team made a little bit of history saturday, burying their slovakian opponents 18-0, the most lopsided result in olympic history. sweden dispatched switzerland by the close score of 3-0 in other Group a action.
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hockey, or freestyle skiing. she did not tip her hand in the interview with the Games daily that she would be helping to carry the olympic flag in the opening ceremony. canada’s goal of winning more olympic medals than any other country doesn’t seem that lofty to Payette. “all hopes are open for us to be very successful,” she said. on thursday, Payette also answered a perennial question posed to astronauts: how do you go to the bathroom on the international space station? “we have a toilet on board,” she said. the waste is removed using a vacuumlike suction system, and the wastewater is eventually recycled. “h2o is h2o and it tastes like h2o,” she said. “this is a system that in 30 years will be in everyone’s homes.”
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A cast of 12 dancers from Uncle Randy Productions will be performing in and around the Spirit Square in celebration of Canada’s winter sports. Bobby Bruce’s talent for impersonating Neil Diamond has led him on a global tour with Legends in Concert. He’s performed in Las Vegas, South East Asia, Australia and now he’ll hit the stage in West Vancouver.
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Twenty-year-old singer/songwriter Shea Alain of Yellowknife will be performing a two-hour set of his sensitive and introspective music. Offered nightly to and from Grouse Mountain free of charge until 6 a.m.
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The Canadian women’s hockey 18-0 blowout over Slovakia created an opportunity for some. Thinking about declaring Slovakia home. They could sure use a defenceman and I’d love to be an Olympian. Others were perplexed by winter sports. Women’s moguls are insane! Whoever thinks of these sports must be the same person who figured out how to eat an artichoke. Winter Games are frustrating. You sit through boring countless events, just marking time until the curling starts. Finally, protests that held up traffic and smashed windows downtown had some people confused. WTH is there to protest in Vancouver? Sushi shortage? Free Quebec?
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Singer and puppeteer Norman Foote creates songs, stories and props to delight the eyes and ears. His concerts are filled with entertaining stories from his own youth.
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Balloon sculptures. Montreal singer and songwriter Jess Hart is appeciated for her thoughtful lyrics and unique vocal style. Her music blends folk and grunge influences in acoustic rock compositions. Nir Blu combines house, soul and jazz influences for a sound that is laid back, refreshing and different from the norm.
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Tomorrow’s episode of the Today Show will feature Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, grammy-winner k.d. lang, North Shore chocolatier Thomas Haas and Giada Di Laurentiis, celebrity chef and foodie. Kaiva, a group of Inuit hip hop throat singers. Well-known Canadian DJ Mat the Alien spins everything from hip hop to funk, dance-hall, break-beats, drum and bass and rock.
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The ice skating canal is built on a section of Main Street in The Village at Park Royal. The rink is about 1,828 square metres in size. Skate rentals can be found in the pedestrian area between Whole Foods and Cactus Club.
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Photos clockwise from top left: Michael and Sarah McTaggart check out the Games on TV. Kathy Johnston, one of the artists who worked on the Coastal Inspiration Mural Mosaic, signs prints during the mural’s unveiling. Five-year-old Aleksia Loewen, (left), Lisa, Rob, and Malcolm, 2, catch speed skating. Peter Lavone, 2, and his mom Renae relax at the Coastal Inspiration Mural Mosaic’s opening. Kia Hardy and Kenna Fair share a hug. Dean Austin and Meghan Butterworth stay glued to the big screen.
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Ralph and Joan Townsend sell drink tickets. Teresa Vaughan (left) with her sons Wil and Marcus explore the space station exhibit inside West Vancouver Community Centre. Alysia, 3, and Devon Lowrie, 7, pretend to be astronauts. Doug Chase and six-year-old Chase watch events excitedly. Centre: Pro-Arte dancers entertain a room full of spectators while performing to “Amazing Grace.“
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Photos clockwise from top left: Ratib Islam and Kelsey Marshall hang out at the skating rink at Park Royal. Jennifer Anderson (left), baby Eva and Reed Maitland lace up their skates. Rebecca Emlyn (left), Tanja Oswald and Anna Robertson share a group hug. Tina Amir and Ali Nourbakhsh cheer on Canadian athletes. Stuart and Brent Argo get familiar with the ice. Elizabeth Kravjanski and Maria Argo relax and watch the Games. Renee Alfini and Shawn Bedford help run the skating rink.
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Alex (left), Jan and Ivana Szczupak visit Vancouver from Chicago. Rink (left) and Michelle Summers and Maria Velazquez spend some quality time together. Cari Siebrits (left), Leigha Letford and Marike Van Reeuwyk make sure the night runs smoothly for skaters. Centre: Ira Fernandez gets ready to hit the ice.
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Photos clockwise from top left: Kie Yamamoto and Takuhiro Norisada shred the slopes of Grouse. Patricia Carneiro from Brazil gets friendly with a grizzly bear. Adrian Togko is looking forward to watching snowboarding events. Aaricia Hollander and Alexdre Acioli hang out with Olympic mascot Quatchi. Rahim (left) and Karim Khan and Jason Pascoe hit the slopes.
Gabrielle Legendre (left), Mackenzie Ryan and Sarah Bilesky are on snow patrol duty. Maria Li, Tung Lam and Charles Li check out speed skating on TV.
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Fabiana Almeida (left), Carolina Leitão and Miguel Righetti are studying English in Vancouver and in time for the Games.
Tursuo Tenguan (left), Paola Pastor, Rolf Deml and Pedro Freire all visit from out of town. Eight-year-old Hye In Seo and mom Young Sook Mun take a break from skiing to rest in the chalet. Eugene Chow keeps himself warm indoors.
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Photos clockwise from top left: Dan and Naomi Raznavi enjoy their tasty treats. Natalie (left), Gerry and Cameron Williams are celebrating one year on the North Shore just as the Olympic Games begin. Stacy and Connie Gutierrez have their best and brighest ValleyFest smiles on. Cindy and Chris Dobbe came out to see all the community festivities. Ariana (left), Afshin and Armaan Jaberi have a fun family day out at ValleyFest. Clare (left), Steve and Quinn Reynolds had to bring canine companion Ceilidh along to take part in the fun.
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Marc and Jessica Tietz flank bundled-up Aiden at Lynn Valley Village Saturday. North Shore residents Doug Swanston (left), Jane Porter and Jennifer Swanston take in some community merriment. Leah (left), David, and Tanner Read take a time out for a photo. Ryan Hoy and Kristian YliHietanen get into the Olympic spirit — with ice cream. Frederic (left), Aramis and Michelle Richard keep their heads warm and their smile beaming during ValleyFest.
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Photos clockwise from top left: Aliva Peterson and Leigh Butcher share their smiles. Marlene and Dennis Flandez check out events on the big screen. Asha Sehra and Margaret Herman volunteer with North Vancouver Tourism. Steven and Tara Raketti show their Canadian pride. Elaina and Eugeuenia Adamovitch check out the festivities. Karolyn Haze (left), Katherine Borthwick and Dani Fuentes make up the singing group Solantra.
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Jonathan Paluch and Angela Cummings, from Abbotsford and Langley, take part in the celebrations. Elizabeth Phillips and her daughter Elizabeth get ready for their vocal performances at the Quay. Cindy Thompson and Mark Mackay cheer on biathlon and cross-country athletes from Alberta. Ned and Sophia Jilazkov play with a stuffed 201 Olympic mascot. Centre: Kyla Rawlins, lead singer for Weathered Home, belts out the tunes.
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NORTH SHORE MITSUBISHI 725 MARINE DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER
604-983-2378
www.northshore-mitsubishi.ca
Smart customers always read the fine print. † Features listed are available on 2010 Outlander XLS S-AWC models. Technical data, equipment and options are based on the latest information at time of printing and are subject to change without notice. ◊/¥ For all purchase financing offers, customers must sign contract and take delivery from dealer by March 1, 2010. All offers available only through participating dealers to qualified retail customers in Canada and are only on approved credit. See participating dealer for details. ◊ Purchase financing at 0% APR available through Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal for up to 48 months on all new 2010 Outlander models. Financing example: 2010 Outlander ES 2WD (CO45-A C04) with an MSRP of $27,078 financed at 0% over 48 months equals $565 a month with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $27,078. MSRP includes up to $1450 in freight, up to $100 in air tax, and up to $30 in environmental handling fees. Taxes, PDI, PPSA, registration, insurance, licensing, administration fees, documentation fees, other dealer fees, and any additional provincial government fees are not included. 2010 Outlander XLS S-AWC model shown with an MSRP of $36,078. ¥ No payments for 90 days. Offer applies to purchase financing offers on new 2010 Mitsubishi models through the Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal. Interest charges (if any) will not accrue during the first 60 days after purchaser signs contract for a participating vehicle. After the first 60 days interest (if any) starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay principal and interest (if any) monthly over the term of the contract. * Whichever comes first. Regular maintenance not included. See dealer or mitsubishi-motors.ca for warranty terms, restrictions and details. Not all customers will qualify. ** Best backed claim does not cover Lancer Evolution and Ralliart models. See dealer or Mitsubishi-motors.ca for Education Edge terms, conditions, and other details. ® MITSUBISHI MOTORS, BEST BACKED CARS IN THE WORLD are trade-marks of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. and are used under license.
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