Feature Stories

To kick off national volunteer week in Canada — April 27 to May 3 — the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has begun phone screening potential volunteers. Over the next year, thousands of 2010 Winter Games applicants will be contacted as VANOC builds its workforce team for Games time. For the many applicants passionate about volunteering, the phone interview process is one step closer to becoming part of the 2010

At a Toronto night club, on a fashion runway resembling an athletic track, the Hudson’s Bay Company (Hbc) today unveiled the clothing that Team Canada will wear at the Beijing 2008 Games. The look: vibrant reds and Chinese symbolism married with Canadian tradition. The Team Canada Beijing Games clothing line is proudly emblazoned with maple leaves, the word Canada written in both English and Mandarin, and uses a primarily red and white colour pallet. Colour inspiration is also drawn

During the 2007-08 World Cup season, Canada’s winter sport athletes won a total 184 medals in the same events that will be contested at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Those medals were collected by 74 athletes who together achieved Canada’s best ever result in World Cup competition. And when Canadian winter athletes weren’t standing on podiums last season, many were often in close reach: Canadians took 56 fourth place finishes and 57 fifth place

She’s racing to save the environment. Sara Renner, Canadian cross-country skiing Olympic silver medallist, is taking big strides to prevent climate change. As a new mom, she has extra incentive. “As a mother, as an athlete and a Canadian, I have a huge responsibility to my daughter,” said Renner. “At a time when it’s so crucial, everyone has to do something for the environment. Everyone has to stand up and say

It’s time to welcome the sun, shed the down jacket and work on that goggle tan — spring skiing and snowboarding have arrived. The one thing that many alpine enthusiasts don’t seem to be shedding, though, is their helmets.  Helmets, it seems, are becoming a popular piece of equipment on the slopes. And maybe for good reason — a ski- or snowboard-specific helmet may reduce the risk of head injuries in