In honour of Canada's golden Olympics, culminating in Sidney Crosby's golden goal, the CN Tower went gold last night. [via photocentric]
March 23, 2026
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Incredible. What a fantastic finish. I'm only now coming up for air, having flown above cloud 9 since Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to beat the USA and win Canada's record-breaking 14th gold medal. That scream you heard when Crosby potted the winner was mine. I watched this game with
Canada has earned its 25th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Kevin Martin and his team of Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert and John Morris won gold in men's curling. This is the most medals Canada has ever won at an Olympics, summer or winter. It also ties the record
Canada has earned its 24th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Lyndon Rush, David Bissett, Lascelles Brown and Chris Le Bihan won bronze in four-man bobsleigh.
Canada has earned its 23rd medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Jasey-Jay Anderson won gold in men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding.
Canada has earned its 22nd medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison won gold in the men's speed skating pursuit.
January 5, 2010 left a bad taste in my mouth. I wrote about it here. It was the first time in six years the Canadian junior team didn't win the gold medal. That day, we fell to the United States 6-5. Fast forward to last Sunday. In a non-elimination game
Canadian speed skater Charles Hamelin had a very good day today. He won two gold medals. Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords was nowhere to be seen. In fact, there is no recorded instance of Charles Hamelin and Bret McKenzie ever being in the same room at the same
Canada has earned its 21st medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Charles Hamelin, Francois-Louis Tremblay, Francois Hamelin and Olivier Jean won gold in the 5000m speed skating relay.
Canada has earned its 19th and 20th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Charles Hamelin won gold in men's 500m short-track speed skating. Francois-Louis Tremblay won bronze in men's 500m short-track speed skating.
Canada has earned its 18th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Cheryl Bernard and her rink of Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel and Susan O'Connor won silver in women's curling.
Canada has earned its 17th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Joannie Rochette won bronze in women's figure skating.
Canada has earned its 16th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice as Canada defeated the USA 2-0 to win gold in women's hockey.
Canada has earned its 14th and 15th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Heather Moyse and Kaillie Humphries in Canada 1 won gold in women's two-man bobsleigh. Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown in Canada 2 won silver in women's two-man bobsleigh.
O ye of little faith, you didn't think we'd have a chance against Russia in the quarter-finals, did you? On Monday, I wrote Poor Russia after connecting the dots and seeing Russia in our sight-lines after a gimme against Germany. I'll bet the last team Russia wanted to face in
Canada has earned its 13th medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais and Jessica Gregg won silver in the women's 3,000-metre short-track speedskating relay.
Canada has earned its twelfth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Clara Hughes won bronze in women's 5,000m speedskating.
Canada has earned its eleventh medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Ashleigh McIvor won gold in the inaugural women's skicross competition.
Own the Podium was ambitious. From the official Own the Podium site, here's the primary goal of Own the Podium for the 2010 Olympic games. Place first in the total medal count at the 2010 Olympic Winter GamesHeading into these Olympic games, we heard often from the Own the Podium
Canada has earned its tenth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold in the Olympic ice dance competition.
Poor Russia. They won a hard fought game against the Czech Republic yesterday to win their Group B and advance straight to the quarter-finals. Their reward? A probable quarter-final game against Canada. I'll bet the last team Russia wanted to face in the quarters is Canada. Tomorrow night, we'll get
Canada has earned its ninth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Kristina Groves won silver in women's 1500m long-track speedskating.
Canada has earned its eighth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Jon Montgomery won gold in the men's skeleton final.
Canada has earned its seventh medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Christine Nesbitt won gold in 1000m long track speedskating.
Canada has earned its sixth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Marianne St-Gelais won silver in 500m short track speed skating.
