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Hollywood North
Bachelorette visits Vancouver, Whistler, Banff
The popular ABC Television’s The Bachelorette primetime television show, featuring Vancouverite Jillian Harris, travelled north across the Canadian border to film three episodes in spectacular Vancouver, Whistler, and Banff.
Discover a Canadian city rich in culture, scenery, and cosmopolitan flair
Looking for accommodation before, during, or after the 2010 Games? See a great selection of hotels in Vancouver, Whistler, and around British Columbia!
To steal a phrase, Vancouver is a once-in-a-lifetime-city -- which one really should visit at least twice to experience to the full. Its unrivalled location -- where mountains sweep down to the sea -- helps make this young, by European standards, vibrant city one of the choicest and most livable in the world, and one of the most spectacular, safe and friendly to visit. Strategically-placed for almost every imaginable summer and winter activity, Vancouver is a Mecca for leisure, soft adventure and wilderness tours, and other outdoor activities -- not too mention spectacular attractions for the entire family to enjoy.
Hotel accommodations range from decidedly top-end properties like The "Five Diamond" Pan Pacific and Canadian Pacific's elegant Waterfront Hotel -- both located steps away from Coal Harbour, the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre and Cruise Ship Terminal. There also a variety fine hotels such as the Hyatt Regency, Four Seasons and the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, and a vast selection of lower-priced properties offering excellent value, from furnished suite lodgings to quaint, comfortable and relatively inexpensive bed and breakfast establishments.
Vancouver is a shopper's paradise. Robson Street, arguably Vancouver's liveliest, has become the year-round place to shop, dine, browse or just enjoy, with an ever-increasing complement of fine and casual dining restaurants, boutiques, smaller international chain stores and street entertainment. Downtown and in adjoining townships, elegant suburban shopping malls, like Pacific Centre, Metrotown, Park Royal and The Eaton Centre flourish, linked by an inexpensive and efficient transit system -- Bus, SeaBus and SkyTrain.
Featured British Columbia Hotels
VANCOUVER
The Westin BayshoreSheraton Vancouver Wall CentreComfort Inn Downtown VancouverMetropolitan Hotel VancouverLe Soleil Hotel and Suites
WHISTLER
Chateau Whistler ResortDelta Whistler SuitesCrystal LodgePan Pacific Whistler Village CentreThe Westin Resort and Spa at Whistler
VICTORIA
Marriott Victoria HarbourMagnolia Hotel and SpaBest Western Carlton Plaza HotelDays Inn on the HarbourHoward Johnston Hotel Victoria
KELOWNA
Manteo Resort Waterfront Hotel and VillasCoast Capri HotelsDelta Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference CentreFairfield Inn and Suites KelownaHoliday Inn Express Kelowna
TOFINO
The Wickaninnish InnBest Western Tin Wis Resort Lodge
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- Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010
- Paralympic Winter Games: March 12 to 21, 2010
- Olympic athletes and officials: 5,500
- Paralympic athletes and officials: 1,350
- Countries participating in Olympic Winter Games: 80 or more
- Countries participating in Paralympic Winter Games: 40 or more
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games events tickets available: 1.6 million
- 2010 Paralympic Winter Games events tickets available: 250,000
- Approximate number of media representatives: 12,000
- Approximate number of Winter Games volunteers: 25,000
- Snowboarding (Venue: Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver)
- Opening and Closing ceremonies (Venue: BC Place Stadium, Downtown Vancouver)
- Figure skating (Venue: Pacific Coliseum, East Vancouver)
- Speed skating and short track speed skating (Venues: Richmond Olympic Oval; and Pacific Coliseum)
- Freestyle skiing (Venue: Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver)
- Wheelchair curling (Venue: Vancouver Paralympic Centre, Downtown Vancouver)
- Ice hockey (Venues: Canada Hockey Place, Downtown Vancouver; and UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Westside)
- Curling (Venues: Vancouver Olympic Centre, Downtown Vancouver)
- Ice sledge hockey (Venue: UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Westside)
- Let the Games begin!
- January 15, 2010
Olympic Arts Festival begins.
February 12, 2010
Olympic torch enters B.C. Place Stadium for opening ceremonies.
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February 28, 2010
Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies wrap up 17 days of sporting events.
March 12-21, 2010
Paralympic Games take place. Opening and closing ceremonies are in Vancouver and competitive events in Whistler.
Vancouver and Whistler welcome the world in 2010
Looking for accommodation before, during, or after the 2010 Games? See a great selection of hotels in Vancouver, Whistler, and around British Columbia!
Countdown to the 2010 Vancouver and Whistler Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games
2009
Tickets! If you haven't already done so, get your 2010 Winter Olympic Games event tickets!
The search for 20,000-plus volunteers to help with the games is now underway. Also, an important transportation infrastructure milestone will be reached in 2009: the Sea-to-Sky Highway (Vancouver to Whistler) project completion. Summer will see the final construction of the remaining event venues -- the Pacific Coliseum (PNE ground) facilities for short-track speed skating and figure skating, the Vancouver Olympic Centre curling venue, and the construction completion of the Vancouver and Whistler Olympic Villages.
2010 Winter Olympics
Vancouver will host the following Olympic and Paralympic events in February and March, 2010:Take a photo tour around Metro Vancouver and popular BC travel spots
View popular sights and getaway destinations throughout Metro Vancouver, including Downtown Vancouver, Yaletown, Gastown, Stanley Park, Kitsilano, The North Shore, The West End -- and explore popular British Columbia travel destinations.
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British Columbia Facts
Population: 4.4 million (est.); Vancouver, with its population of 2.6 million (est.), is the largest metropolitan area in Western Canada, and the third largest in Canada.
International Airport: Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Richmond (Metro Vancouver)
Capital city: Victoria (Vancouver Island)
Largest city: Vancouver
Largest metro: Metro Vancouver
Official language: English
Government: Liberal
Land area: 944,735 km2 (364,764 sq mi); the 5th largest (Provincial/Territorial) area in Canada
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): C$180 billion (ranked 4th in Canada)
Bird:: Stellar's Jay
Tree: Western Red Cedar
Flower: Pacific Dogwood
Provincial Motto: (Latin) Splendor sine occasu; (English) Splendour without diminishment
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2010 Olympics
Interested in Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics tickets? Join the virtual line on June 6thOn June 6, more than 150,000 tickets to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games are set to go on sale online — on a first-come, first-served basis. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) have announced that tickets to all events, including ice hockey, curling and the Opening and Closing ceremonies will be available on-line.
Family Fun
Look behind the scenes at a working farmExperience Maplewood Farm, in North Vancouver, and participate in activities such as egg collection and washing, animal grooming, setting up feed and exploring “Staff Only” areas
Travel BC
Explore the Sunshine Coast Skookumchuk RapidsOn a three-metre tide change, 200 billion gallons of water flow through the Skookumchuck, which connects Sechelt Inlet to Jervis Inlet on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. To view the most spectacular rapids, you will want to time your 1-hour hike so you arrive at the viewpoint when the tidal surge is at its strongest.
Dining and Drinks
Daniel Boulud’s DB Bistro Moderne now open in downtown VancouverAcclaimed New York chef Daniel Boulud has opened a satellite of DB Bistro Moderne (New York) in Vancouver, in partnership with local restaurateurs David and Manjy Sidoo from Lumiere fame.
BC Wineries
Mission Hill Winery receives top icewine awardThe 2008 International Wine Challenge (London, England) has awarded a 2006 Okanagan vintage, produced by Mission Hill Family Estate, the world’s top icewine trophy.
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