TBC Olympic Updates

 

 

Tourism BC March 2, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Winding down in Vancouver
  • Rise and shine in Whistler
  • Richmond’s high-flying art gallery
  • British Columbia: More to explore
  • Reach for the stars: Canada at the 2010 Winter Games and beyond

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Tourism BC March 1, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Vancouver’s Olympic legacies
  • Whistler for the whole family
  • Richmond gets festive
  • Say ah, spa, on the Kootenay Rockies Hot Springs tour
  • Take the new, swank Northern Expedition on a 15-hour journey up BC’s Inside Passage

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Tourism BC February 28, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Vancouverites welcome the world with smiles
  • Go beyond snow in Whistler
  • Richmond’s quirkiest restaurants
  • Fishing for outdoor fun and local flavours up-Island
  • Five great hikes along the coast in Canada

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Tourism BC February 27, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • In the ‘Hood: Vancouver’s Olympic neighbourhoods
  • Whistler’s Top 5 adrenaline-filled, cutting-edge, outrageous festivals and events
  • Pack a piece of Richmond home
  • Northern British Columbia’s natural attractions around Tumbler Ridge
  • International chefs add glitz to Canada dining scene

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Tourism BC February 26, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Vancouver fun food: top tastes to try
  • Raise a glass to the wines of Richmond
  • Whistler: Winter fun beyond the slopes
  • Ready to ride in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast
  • An urban Inuk takes off

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Tourism BC February 25, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Haida artists display work in Vancouver
  • Vancouver stars as Hollywood North
  • Richmond’s top five places to sip sake
  • Whistler: Accessibility for all
  • Treasures of the Sea to Sky Highway
  • Powder meets art in BC’s Kootenay Rockies
  • 20 amazing outdoor adventures in Canada this summer

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Tourism BC February 24, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • McIvor wins gold at home!
  • Vancouver goes for green
  • Bollywood and Bhangra meet cranberries in Richmond
  • World Masters set to compete in Kamloops
  • Hot bites: Canada’s top 10 new restaurants

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Tourism BC February 23, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Vancouver’s unique local walking tours will get you up to speed
  • New outdoor spa experience at Whistler
  • World’s biggest flying boat visits Richmond
  • A Gulf Islands getaway
  • How to coin Olympic spirit: Winnipeg's Royal Canadian Mint strikes it rich with perfectly pocket-sized souvenirs for 2010

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Tourism BC February 22, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Active Vancouver: bike, paddle and ski in a day
  • Tattoo this: Whistler's creative juices create an eclectic culture scene
  • Richmond: Representing the World outside the 2010 Winter Games
  • Smithers and Terrace: Big bowls, big powder in Northern British Columbia
  • In 2010, even the trails will be barrier-free: Get closer to nature on one of Canada’s top five wheelchair-friendly hiking trails

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Tourism BC February 21, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Vancouver: Where to go to be seen
  • Host Home for the Snow Leopard: Whistler and Pemberton embrace Kwame
  • Richmond: Stop and Shop (and eat) along the Canada Line
  • The Rush for Gold leads to BC’s beloved Barkerville
  • Canada’s top sustainable fashion designers—the It list

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Tourism BC February 19, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening:

  • Vancouver nightlife picks for this weekend
  • Ski and après Olympic-style at the Four Seasons Resort Whistler
  • Exploring the past at Richmond's Historic Sites
  • A Powder Highway Ski Safari
  • An Olympic tapestry, Inuit-style

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Tourism BC February 18, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening:

  • Meet the locals in Vancouver
  • West Vancouver students pin their hopes on, well, pins
  • Whistler's First Family of Skiing
  • Richmond's top seafood spots
  • Grab a little Island time in Victoria
  • Storied stays, rooms with a view, celeb hotspots-our list of some of Canada's most memorable, extraordinary hotels and inns

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Tourism BC February 17, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening:

  • BC Girl Wins Gold on Home Soil
  • First Nations find unique home in Whistler
  • Discovering a natural oasis in urban Richmond
  • A toast to British Columbia wines at the 2010 Winter Games
  • Ski Canada this winter: alpine. Our list of tops.

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Tourism BC February 16, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening:

  • Fun things to do in Vancouver for (almost) free
  • World-class food and drink on the menu in Whistler
  • Heavenly discoveries in Richmond
  • British Columbia snowboarders slide into action on local mountains
  • Canada's best shopping: our list of tops

 

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Tourism BC February 14, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening today:

  • Vancouver freestyle skier Sylvia Kerfoot happy to be home
  • From Whistler's peaks to the podium
  • Discover a slice of modern Asia in Richmond's Golden Village
  • Wilderness, culture and Olympic dreams meet in Prince George
  • Born to brew: a list of Canada's top spots for beer

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Tourism BC February 13, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening today:

  • Celebrate Tourism in British Columbia
  • Vancouver and Richmond welcome the Year of the Tiger
  • Flying the flag at Whistler
  • BC's romantic escapes: where to keep warm with your beau this Valentine's Day
  • Canada's legendary Birks sparkles in 2010 souvenir department

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Tourism BC February 12, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here's what's happening today:

  • Cultural Olympiad 2010 offers a feast for the senses
  • Thrills and chills at Whistler's theatre of snow and ice
  • Ice Gate meets Icewine in Richmond
  • Near Me BC puts a Visitor Centre in your pocket
  • Canada's green architecture: for a new breed of traveller, the ‘architourist.'

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Tourism BC February 11, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • LiveCity Vancouver: Downtown’s two-part celebration zone
  • Whistler Live! Six sites equal one big party
  • Ice skates, ice gates and Dutch treats: it’s party time at the Richmond O Zone
  • Mini-Games and red mittens: BC gets into the Olympic spirit
  • Cool new Northern voice lights up the 2010 Cultural Olympiad

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Tourism BC February 9, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Where 2 Be for Free. Low-cost 2010 Winter Games fun.
  • Faster, Higher, Stronger, Prouder: PRIDE House Whistler, an Olympic first
  • The Richmond Olympic Oval, before and beyond speed skating
  • Kla-how-ya. An Aboriginal welcome to British Columbia
  • Where the Wild Things Are. It’s hard to beat wildlife viewing in Canada

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Tourism BC February 7, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Five great places to raise a pint in Vancouver
  • Best people watching in Whistler
  • Richmond Revealed through creative spectacles
  • Cowboys and carbon footprints at Siwash Lake Ranch
  • Family travel gets adventurous. Gone are the all-inclusive packages. It’s about memories with meaning

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Tourism BC February 5, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Meet Olympic Torch Relay reporter Chris Wheeler
  • Top 5 souvenirs of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
  • Whistler ignites decades-old Olympic dream
  • Take a free ride with Dutch bike share program
  • Fraser Valley prepares for arrival of the Olympic Torch
  • Taste our terroir. Canada goes local, organic, wild big-time with its food. And the result is tasty

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Tourism BC February 3, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Beam me up, Quatchi: Vectorial Elevation takes audience to new heights
  • The story behind the inuksuk, logo for the 2010 Winter Games
  • Richmond’s Top 5 Dim Sum Restaurants
  • Snowflakes and snowdrops on Vancouver Island
  • Gentlemen, start your engines: Highway 99, Canada’s most famous drive, gets an upgrade

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Tourism BC February 1, 2010 - Today's Story Ideas from the Olympic Games' Host Destinations

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Free yoga for the masses from lululemon and YYoga
  • Lost in Whistler? Ask a Local
  • Steveston Village: Richmond’s seaside escape
  • Marathoner to mayor; ski racer to ambassador: British Columbia’s sporting heroes start new Olympic jobs
  • Transit Canadian-style: canoe, kayak, bush plane, dogsled
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