Vancouver city council could put the fate of the city’s 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid in the hands of constituents when it debates the possibility of a plebiscite at next Tuesday’s council meeting. According to the motion introduced by Colleen Hardw...
Vancouver is proposing the first-ever indigenous-led Olympic bid in its quest to host the Games for the second time in only 20 years. Canada also hosted the Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 and the Summer Games in Montreal in 1976. If the municipalities o...
Moyes put the team into bankruptcy and was stripped of his remaining ownership after word emerged he intended to sell to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie of Blackberry fame, who planned to move the team to Hamilton, Ontario. After bankruptcy litigation and multi...
“At the appropriate time, the COC and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) would invite the City of Vancouver, local First Nations, regional municipalities, the provincial government, and the federal government to discuss the opportunity of a potentia...
Before Vancouver’s demise, a years-long project from Barcelona and the Pyrenees in Spain abandoned bid plans in June due to political differences, underlining the volatility of the race. Last month a poll across Sapporo’s Hokkaido prefectu...
That leaves the race wide-open for existing bids, and for new rivals to emerge. The IOC has said that there are multiple interested parties currently engaged in discussions with Host City commissions. In March, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart was interested in moving forward w...