Excitement was certainly apparent on Friday in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia as crowds lined the street in anticipation of the Olympic torch relay.

Vancouver police have acquired an acoustic device capable of emitting focused directed sound at levels between 99 and 146 decibels, and Olympics opponents and civil libertarians alike fear it will be used to disrupt protests during the Olympic Games.

Liberal Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy said in the legislature on Monday that people who protest the winter olympics are nothing more than "terrorists" who have limited intellectual capabilities.

After more than seven months since the British Columbia paramedics union, CUPE 873, commenced strike action, the provincial government has passed a motion forcing ambulance staff back to work.

It is hoped that organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics have paid more attention to detail than the people who created content on the Vancouver2010.com website.

The third phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was delayed by one week because of a configuration problem on the ticket sales website.

Toronto has been awarded the Pan Am Games in 2015. Winning the spot to host the sports competition could make it easier for the Canadian city to host a Summer Olympics.

Some wonder why it gladdens others that America will not host the 2016 Olympic Games. It's not that citizens of other countries don't like us.

After previous sponsor DMB Bank NV backed out due to an October bankruptcy, Colbert announced he would take over financing the team's 2010 Olympic run.

First Nations groups at both ends of Canada have been fighting for artistic recognition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in BC. Today, there is winning news in the west, but not in the east.

When the 2010 Winter Games begin in Vancouver 40 journalists will be covering history in the making by being part of that history. Forty teenage journalists from across Canada will be reporting as part of a program called Historica-Dominion at the Games.

With the Winter Olympic now less than four months away, traffic and parking restrictions in downtown Vancouver are beginning to come into effect. Their aim is to reduce the 55,000 daily journeys into downtown by 30 percent before the Olympics begin.

It has been approved for baptized Sikhs to wear their kirpans in all Olympic venues during the Winter Games in Vancouver this winter.

The International Olympic Committee is adding the sports of golf and rugby to the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. SI.com reports that both sports were nominated in August.

Online petition "Terry Fox's mother to light the flame at the 2010 Olympics" surpasses 79,000 members on Thursday night and supporters for the cause are still pouring in.

Just days after the announcement that Rio de Janeiro would be hosting the 2016 Olympics, NBC's Saturday Night Live took an opportunity to review President Obama's accomplishments in its opening skit.

Every October the Nova Scotia town of Kentville is visited by the Pumpkin People as part of the town's Harvest Festival.

Senior White House advisor David Axelrod blames internal politics within the International Olympic Committee for Chicago's loss to host the 2016 summer olympics.

President Obama took time off from his busy schedule to lend his weight to Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. And fell flat on his face.

The people of Chicago are pretty used to being second or third or whatever place they may be ranked. Chicago sent their famous residents to make a pitch for the Olympics, but fell short of getting enough votes.