It's a wrap
It's a wrap
Canadian Press sports writer, Donna Spencer, reflects on the 17 days that were the Vancouver Olympics. From a record gold medal haul, to an outpouring of Canadian patriotism, these Olympics had the delightful and the unexpected.
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- Golden puck to be displayed
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- A hero's welcome for Montgomery
- The Paralympics begin
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- Luongo carries Paralympic torch
- Paralympian overcoming Olympic disappointment
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- Jean Labonte Paralympic flag-bearer
- Olympians inspire young speedskaters
- Gold-medal curlers draw crowds
- Joannie Rochette bids farewell to mom
- Paralympic torch relay begins
- Paralympians prepare for Games
- Rochette returns to Montreal
- Bobsledder meets new baby
- Behind the pix
- Olympic exodus
- Canada's golden glow
- Olympic flame extinguished
- Golden hockey joy
- Team Canada delivers gold
- Vancouver goes wild over hockey gold
- Canada's report card
- IOC boss happy with Games
- Smiling Smurfs guided Games
- Rochette named closing flag-bearer
- $99 to watch the game?
- Quatchi the gold-medal mascot
- Future of Whistler Sliding Centre
- Bernard putting loss in perspective
- Rochette receives Terry Fox honour
- Looking ahead to Sochi 2014
- Men's short-track haul
- Hockey gold for Canada?
- Team Canada goes for gold
- Closing ceremony buzz
- On-ice party simmers down
- Mother gave me strength: Rochette
- Women's win expected
- Red mitts pure gold
- On-ice party raises eyebrows
- Another shot at gold
- Love at first sight for Montgomery
- Hometown pressure carried bobsledders to podium
- Behind the pix
- Bernard gunning for curling gold
- Discovering your Olympic spirit
- Canadian women own the podium
- Team Canada advances to final four
- Olympic moms pay tribute to Rochette
- Need to Know: Skate obsession
- Weir takes the high road
- Canada vs. U.S. for golden glory
- Medallists donate $25K
- Reflecting on Rochette's emotional skate
- Russia is next obstacle for Team Canada
- Bad weather good for McIvor
- Gondola shows off Whistler
- RCMP visit Olympic flame
- Free Mukmuk
- Ice dancers bask in golden glory
- Canadian women prepare to battle U.S. for gold
- Games let Whistler locals enjoy vacant slopes
- Dream is over
- Nesbitt reflects on gold
- Buzz Aldrin on the Games
- Down but not out
- Stick with us: Team Canada
- Pressure blamed for poor performance
- Behind the pix
- Fans show true colours at Games
- Collecting condoms
- Hot nights at Winter Games
- Tragedy for figure skater
- Need to Know: Aerialists learn to fly
- Team Canada faces Team U.S.A.
- Rogge on Vancouver's legacy
- Blowing our own horn
- Gold-medal glory
- "Own The Podium": worth the $117-million?
- Plexiglass improves cauldron view
- Are Canadian athletes choking?
- Owning the podium still within reach
- Worth the wait?
- Excitement builds for Cda- U.S. game
- Officials hoping for strong finish
- Figure skating flap
- Behind the pix
- Ski cross makes Olympic debut
- Skier "Snow Leopard" hates snow?
- Chan's dad chuffed
- Phelps on handling Olympic fame
- Team Canada has work to do
- Fans rejoice after nail-biter against Swiss
- Gifts on ice
- Olympics brings the world to Tim Hortons
- Olympians support Right To Play
- Women's hockey team defends high scores
- Need to Know: Skeleton helmets
- Whistler goes for green?
- Ice dancers primed for Olympic debut
- Street meat with a twist
- Need to Know: Judging the halfpipe
- Going Gaga over skating costumes
- Colbert brings show to "syrup-suckers"
- Aussies take over Whistler
- Olympic flame still fenced-in
- Figure skating by the numbers
- Ricker wins Canada's second gold medal
- Need to Know: Halfpipe Construction
- Behind the pix
- Team Canada wins Olympic opener
- Hockey fan frenzy
- World turns to skier
- Zamboni zaniness at Richmond Olympic Oval
- Olympic juggling act
- Olympic merchandise flying off shelves
- Crosby proud to be on Team Canada
- Learn some killer halfpipe moves
- Need to Know: Curling Rocks
- Need to Know: Skating style
- Silver in snowboard cross nailbiter
- Team Canada hits the ice
- Pin passion
- Olympic gold medal hero
- Figure skating's faithful fans
- Need to Know: Classic vs. skate skiing
- Here's the 'why?' on Kiss & Cry
- Breaking down the luge start
- More golds to come: Bilodeau
- Canada gets its gold
- Warm Whistler weather
- Son would want me at Olympics: Burke
- Umbrella etiquette
- Team Canada starts arriving
- USA's secret hockey weapon
- Meet the person guiding Canada's woman's hockey team
- Need to Know: Suit Truths
- First medal: silver in moguls
- Flame fenced in
- Waiting for Getzlaf
- Swiss celebrate first gold
- Inexperience not a factor in luger's death
- Protest breaks out at Olympics
- Luger's final moments explained
- An Olympic Valentine
- Need to Know: Rifle Realities
- Need to Know: Clap Skate
- Cross-Canada celebrations
- Let the Games begin!
- Heartache overshadows Olympic opening
- Understanding the luge tragedy
- Cayman Islands' first Winter Olympian
- The Terminator & the torch
- Olympic officials shocked over death
- Flame meets protests & famous faces
- Forsberg arrives for Games
- Buble brings torch home
- Game on! Athletes ready for action
- Ziplining downtown
- Torch comes home to Vancouver
- Canadian team ready to go
- Choreographer behind skaters' steps
- Curling goes high-tech
- Torch takes cable car ride
- Patrick Chan shares diet tricks
- Diabetes doesn't stop Olympic skier
- Hockey House gets set for Olympics
- Thumbs up for athletes village
- Overcoming Olympic language barriers
- B.C. Place home of opening ceremonies
- Man In Motion Rick Hansen carries torch
- $1M for luge gold
- Who will be first for gold?
- Vancouver defends Schwarzenegger
- Snow in sight for Vancouver?
- One to Watch: Stanley Hayer
- Olympic wrestler who charmed Canada, carries torch
- Figure skater 'honoured' to be at Olympics
- Mount Washington hosts training Olympians
- Athletes, organizers getting pumped for Olympics
- Let the Games begin, with movies
- Canadian women's hockey team arrives for Olympics
- One to Watch: Maelle Ricker
- Manley and Witt reunite on ice
- Flashback:Calgary's golden inheritance
- Ice techs cool under pressure
- Curlers in great shape for Olympics
- Flashback: Lake Placid owes legacy to Winter Games
- Gretzky and Howe's Olympic hockey predictions
- Olympic flame arrives in Whistler
- Canadian curlers challenged by Brits?
- Balmy weather blues for Olympics
- Mittens and mascots at Olympic Superstore
- Olympic torch en route to Whistler
- Avalanche dogs
- Cross-country ski tune-up at World Cup
- Olympic luge team arrives in B.C.
- One to Watch: Kalyna Roberge
- Olympic security ready
- Suzuki uses Olympic spotlight for climate
- One to Watch: Brian McKeever
- Ghana's Snow Leopard ready for Olympics
- Whistler's housing woes
- Olympic theme a "gold medal" for musician
- Impact of Whistler Athletes Village
- Security tight at Games
- Beer makers gearing up for Games
- Touch the Lucky Loonie
- Luge athletes impressed with track
- Inside the curling & speedskating venues
- Pride House an Olympic first
- Speedskater to carry flag
- Stars adding sparkle to Games
- One to Watch: Jeff Pain
- The oldest Canadian Olympian
- One to Watch: Sara Renner
- World leaders at the Olympics?
- Cdn snowboarder takes bronze at World Cup
- Skier to make history
- One to Watch: Cheryl Bernard
- Young Olympic high flyers
- Olympic torch crosses into B.C.
- Future of NHL in the Olympics?
- New Olympic ink for curler
- New Olympic ink for curler
- Calgary relives Olympics
- The Games' snow woes
- Olympic torch reignites Calgary
- One to Watch: Steve Omischl
- Torch weaves through Blackfoot country
- Canada's Top Secret edge
- Quebec anti-doping lab to head west for Games
- Chan wins third straight Cdn title
- Flower power behind Olympic bouquets
- Canada's Olympic figure skating team
- Rochette trails going into skating final
- One to Watch: Jennifer Heil
- Chan working on quad jump
- Saving snow for Olympics
- Men's cross-country relay team aims for medals
- Speedskaters pumped for Games, medals
- One month to go: Vancouver gears up
- One month to go: Canada's medal chances
- One to Watch: Emily Brydon
- Olympic torch run honours Jack Poole
- Olympic torch cheered through Regina
- One to Watch: Kevin Martin
- Eddie the Eagle carries Olympic torch
- Eddie the Eagle carries Olympic torch
- Eddie the Eagle back in Olympic spotlight
- One to Watch: Charles Hamelin
- Olympic torch in home stretch
- Bilodeau rises to Olympic expectations
- Sledge hockey team goes for gold
- One to Watch: Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- Olympic gear sent north
- Shania carries the torch
- 'Pinheads' ready to trade at Olympics
- One to Watch: Helen Upperton
- One to Watch: Jeremy Wotherspoon
- Team Canada announced
- Crosby named to Canada's Olympic team
- One to Watch: Britt Janyk
- One to Watch: Mellisa Hollingsworth
- One to Watch: Clara Hughes
- Lack of vision not slowing skier
- Women's Olympic hockey team named
- Torchbearer for a day
- One to Watch: Erik Guay
- One to watch: Christine Nesbitt
- Olympic torch lights up CN Tower
- Torch relay hits Toronto
- Father & son filmmakers share torch experience
- Protesters block torch route
- One to Watch: Ryan Blais
- One to watch: Patrick Chan
- Canada's Olympic curling chances
- Kevin Martin returns to Olympics
- Bernard headed to the Olympics
- Olympic flame lights up Parliament Hill
- Auditioning for the Olympics
- Torch comes to the G.G.'s house
- Martin advances to final of Olympic curling trials
- One to Watch: Chandra Crawford
- No Olympics for Jennifer Jones
- Olympic torch lights the halls of Parliament
- Winter Olympians press PM on climate change
- Mixed emotions follow flame through Mohawk territory
- One to Watch: Pierre Lueders
- Curling champ on the brink at Olympic trials
- Colbert to attend 2010 Games
- Cdn soldiers train for Olympics
- GPS tracking of skiers on the slopes
- Military salute for torch
- Squamish's Olympic hopes squashed
- Diary of a torchbearer
- Hometown crowd mobs Crosby's torch run
- Hometown crowd mobs Crosby's torch run
- Women ski jumpers lose bid to be in Games
- Torch reaches Canada's eastern edge
- Vikings greet Olympic torch
- Olympic flame marches through Labrador
- Fire & ice: Olympic flame visits Great White North
- Colbert calls Canada cheaters
- Torch puts spotlight on Canadian north
- 2010 flame races through Alberta
- Torch travel transport
- On the road with the Olympic torch
- Aerodynamic skiers
- Olympic hockey jerseys selling fast
- Olympic torch travels across Greece
- Jamaican bobsled team back on Canadian ice
- Jamaican bobsled team back on Canadian ice
- Celebs carrying Olympic torch
- Olympic torch - follow the journey
- Surf's up for Olympic torch
- Olympic flame lands in Canada
- Hundreds greet Olympic torch
- En route with the Olympic flame
- Olympic flame carried by foot and bike
- Anti-Olympic protests divert torch relay
- Olympic flame shines on Canada's North
- 2010 Olympic flame in Canadian hands
- Olympic torch relay surprise
- Olympic rings lit
- Torch relay takes off
- Funeral for 2010 chairman Jack Poole
- 100 days to the Games
- Inside Olympic doping lab
- Bear bells to replace cow bells?
