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Summer Olympic Games fever is over for another four years. But Wanaka snowboarder Juliane Bray has less than two years to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee says tickets for the Paralympic Games in 2010 will be affordable.

VANCOUVER — Organizers of Vancouver’s Olympic organizing committee say tickets for the Paralympic Games in 2010 will be affordable. Caley Denton, vice-president of ticketing for Vanoc, says most of the tickets for sports and ceremony events will start at $20 or less.

VANCOUVER - Organizers of Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee say tickets for the Paralympic Games in 2010 will be affordable.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

2010 OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN: 533 days until the Winter Olympics come to Vancouver, B.C.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

Canadian broadcaster CTV, host broadcaster of the 2010 Olympics from Vancouver/Whistler, is planning round-the-clock coverage of the Winter Games.

A little more than a week before the start of NBC Universal’s 2008 Olympic coverage, Cox Communications has confirmed that it has reached a distribution deal with the programmer for the 2010 Winter and 2012 Summer Games.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

Carol Stephenson will always recall her lost wallet in China. The dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business sits on the board for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and attended the Beijing Olympics as an observer.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Massive Olympic and Paralympic flags fly from a seven-story flagpole outside Vancouver's city hall.

With sincere apologies to all regular readers, I've failed to let you know that I'm on vacation from the blog until the first week of September.

I look forward to sharing the latest news with you then, particularly the news that is released by government in the last week of August to minimize scrutiny because everyone is on vacation.

For those of you interested, the sign up campaign was a huge success and a massive thank-you is owed to the many volunteers who helped make it happen. Thank you!

Phase two of the campaign is convincing existing Vision members to support me on September 20th.

If you're a Vision member and keen enough to be reading this blog, I hope you're planning to show up at Charles Tupper School (Between Main and Fraiser on 24th) on the 20th to cast your vote for the folks who you want to represent the party in November!

For upcoming events that I'll be presenting at in the lead up to the 20th, you can check in on my website at www.davideby.ca or my facebook site "David Eby for City Council" for details.Visit pivotlegal.org for more information about Vancouver's low-income housing crisis.

EVERETT -- When the Olympics come to Canada in 2010, members of the Tulalip Tribes think their new resort will benefit. "No question about it. They're out of rooms in Vancouver and Whistler.

Among those closely watching Canada's athletes at the Beijing Summer Olympics have been their winter compatriots, getting prepared for when the country hosts the 2010 Vancouver Games. Here's what they had to say about the Summer Games.

Television New Zealand said on Tuesday the 2008 Beijing Olympics may have been the last that New Zealand people can watch without paying for a subscription in New Zealand. Sky Television has secured the New Zealand broadcasting rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Summer Games in London. TVNZ Chief Executive Rick Ellis said Sky TV securing the rights may result in a ...

A northern New Brunswick cross-country skier is looking forward to competing in the next Olympic Games, not in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, but in the 2009 Special Olympics, World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho.