Tom Brokaw explains the relationship between Canada and The United States, in a pre-recorded short film that aired on NBC prior to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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Pride House starts a new Olympic tradition
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The Whistler Pride House, sitting inside the Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre Hotel, is the first house in the history of the Olympics to pay tribute exclusively to gay and lesbian athletes, coaches, family, friends and allies.
Read more »Daycare Serving BC's Poorest Forced to Dump Kids
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"Bridge funding" from the province -- which allowed the Phil Bouvier daycare in Vancouver's Strathcona neighborhood (Canada's poorest postal code) to employ three extra staff members for a short time this year -- ran out this summer.
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Former KGB agent takes sanctuary to avoid deportation
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A former Soviet KGB agent has taken sanctuary in a Vancouver church in order to avoid his scheduled deportation early Wednesday morning, CBC News has learned.
Mikhail Lennikov lost his last chance to stay in Canada on Monday when a Federal Court Judge upheld a decision by the Federal Public Safety Minister that Lennikov could not remain in Canada.
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With motherhood, jazz artist Diana Krall finally content
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Between a new album, an upcoming tour, producing a record for Barbra Streisand, a marriage to Elvis Costello and two-year-old twin boys, it's hard to imagine Diana Krall can relax these days.
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'Vancouver: A Poem'
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Something unusual both happened and didn't happen last year in the poetry sector of the British Columbian and, by extension, Canadian literary world. The unusual thing that happened is that well-known Vancouver poet George Stanley published the first (as far as I know) book-length poem about the city of Vancouver. It's called, appropriately enough, Vancouver: A Poem.
Read more »Canucks forward Mats Sundin says he feels like he's back home
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The Vancouver Canucks forward was back at Air Canada Centre on Saturday morning and indicated that he was looking forward to facing his former team. It's the first time Sundin had visited the building since officially parting ways with the Maple Leafs.
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