Beijing 2022 News
Salmon Arm skier adds another medal to her 2022 Paralympic wins
Natalie Wilkie has yet another Paralympic medal to add to her collection. The Salmon Arm cross-country skier has already won two gold medals at the 2022 games...
Salmon Arm's Natalie Wilkie adds second gold at Beijing Paralympics
Salmon Arm cross-country skier Natalie Wilkie has won her second gold of the Beijing Paralympic Games. Wilkie won her first gold in the sprint and second in the...
Spallumcheen's Ina Forrest fighting to reach semifinals at Beijing Games
Spallumcheen's Ina Forrest has an uphill battle ahead if she hopes for a third gold and fourth Paralympic medal. Forrest and her teammates are locked in a...
Whistler’s Mollie Jepsen skis to Canada’s first gold at Paralympics
Whistler’s Mollie Jepsen is golden once more. The 22-year-old para-alpine skier took home Canada’s first gold of the Paralympics in Beijing on...
Spanish figure skater Barquero fails Olympic drug test
Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero has become the fourth athlete to fail a doping test at the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for the banned steroid...
COVID outbreak at Polson long-term care facility in Vernon, more than 20 cases
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Vernon long-term care facility is affecting more than 20 residents and staff. Interior Health confirms an outbreak was declared Feb. 15...
At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background
Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smartphone...
At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background
Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smartphone...
Canada caps a COVID Winter Olympics in Beijing with 26 medals, including four gold
Canada's team in Beijing's Winter Olympics navigated the COVID-19 virus, made it to the start line and brought home a lot of medals. About 125 people in...
Finland beats Russians for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal
The Finns are finally flying home with Olympic hockey gold. Finland knocked off the favored Russians 2-1 Sunday to win the tournament without NHL players at the...
Summerland's Justin Kripps wins bronze in four-man bobsled at Beijing Olympics for Canada
Summerland-native bobsledder Justin Kripps has won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsled at the Beijing Olympics. Kripps represented team Canada for the fourth...
Figure skating age debate also exposes body image challenges
Some figure skaters are hoping an Olympic doping scandal that is fueling a push to raise the minimum age of competitors will also focus attention on what they...
Speedskater Weidemann named Canada's closing ceremony flag-bearer
Speedskater Isabelle Weidemann was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremonies of Beijing's Winter Olympics on Sunday. The 26-year-old from...
Wind creates a full-blown mess on Olympics' penultimate day
Olympic organizers closed the ski slopes, then shortened the cross-country course by 40%. They forged ahead in the halfpipe, and that turned into a full-blown...
Olympic Alpine skiing team event postponed because of wind
The last Alpine skiing race of the Beijing Olympics was postponed Saturday because of too-strong wind, and a decision was not immediately given about when...
Latest Olympic example shows days of Canadian curling domination are 'long gone'
Similar to gold-or-bust expectations for Canadian hockey teams, the country's curling representatives are under just as much pressure to reach the top of...
Canadian men shut out of podium in ski cross at Beijing Olympics
Heavily favoured to win medals in men's ski cross at the Beijing Olympics, Canada was kept off the podium on Friday. Calgary’s Brady Leman, the 2018...
Rage, teen tears and Olympic collapse from Russian figure skaters
The gold medalist said she felt empty. The silver medalist pledged never to skate again. The favourite left in tears without saying a word. After one of the...
Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil wins silver in men's 1,000 metres in Beijing
After just missing the Olympic podium in his signature event, Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil earned a silver medal in a race that wasn't his...
Gushue skips Canada to bronze medal in men's curling at Beijing Olympics
Still reeling from a semifinal loss at the Beijing Games, a passing comment from Marc Kennedy helped get the Canadian men's curling team motivated to reach...