Stamkos out, St-Louis snags spot

February 6, 2014 News Desk 0

Thirty-eight-year-old Martin St. Louis is getting the last-minute nod to compete in men’s Olympic hockey. The announcement comes on the heels of news that Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Steven Stamkos can’t play due to injury. Stamkos […]

Three Canadian snowboarders make finals

February 6, 2014 News Desk 0

Canada’s Maxence Parrot, Sébastian Toutant, and Spencer O’Brien are through to the slopestyle finals on the first day of Olympic qualifying. The top four snowboarders in each heat automatically qualify for the finals, while other […]

Winter Olympics promise great viewing

January 30, 2014 News Desk 0

With 98 medal events taking place at the upcoming Sochi Olympics, there are plenty of events to entertain viewers. CBC released its programming schedule Jan. 30, and the Associated Press released its medal predictions earlier […]

Safety concerns increase over Olympic Games

January 23, 2014 News Desk 0

With only two weeks to go before the Sochi Olympic Games,  fears of potential terrorist attacks are mounting. Reports of potential threats have been surfacing all week. IOC calls threats “fake” Italian, Hungarian, German, British, […]

Knee injury sidelines Canadian skier

January 23, 2014 News Desk 0

Mont-Tremblant skier Erik Guay will be unable to compete in Saturday’s World Cup downhill race due to his recent knee injury.  The 32-year-old Guay had his knee checked out on Jan. 21 after experiencing some […]

Outrage over Olympic Orca whales display

January 17, 2014 News Desk 0

Environmental and animal protection groups have expressed outrage over a plan to display two orca whales at the Olympic games in Sochi next month.  Whale researchers and advocates have called on Olympic officials to condemn […]

Russian forces on alert near Sochi

January 9, 2014 News Desk 0

  Russian security forces went on high alert after six bodies and several explosive devices were discovered on the outskirts of Pyatigorsk near the Caucasus mountains 500 kilometres from Sochi. The gunshot riddled bodies were […]

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