Urban Vancouver

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics has tried to reassure the International Olympic Committee that the Sea to Sky Highway will be a safe route for the Winter Games following the rock slide that shut down the only direct route between Vancouver and Whistler for days last week.

General Motors Place will get a new name stripped of its corporate marks during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the organizing committee said Wednesday.

It looks like it's goodbye to GM Place during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

BEIJING -- The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will not stage an international torch relay to avoid any potential worldwide protests, Vanoc CEO John Furlong said today.

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will not stage an international torch relay to avoid any potential worldwide protests, the Games chief John Furlong said on Wednesday.

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

VANCOUVER — Athletes from the around the world begin their quest for gold this weekend as the Beijing Olympics commence. But 8,500 kilometres away in Vancouver, organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics are focusing on green as they strive to make the Vancouver Games the most sustainable yet.

VANCOUVER -- Athletes from the around the world begin their quest for gold this weekend as the Beijing Olympics commence. But 8,500 kilometres away in Vancouver, organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics are focusing on green as they strive to make the Vancouver Games the most sustainable yet.

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Before the 2008 Summer Olympics begin in China, it's time to start thinking about the 2010 Games in Vancouver, B.C., and saving money if you plan to go.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Before the 2008 Summer Olympics begin in China, it's time to start thinking about the 2010 Games in Vancouver, B.C., and saving money if you plan to go.

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has reached a major milestone with the release of hourly event schedules of both the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

HORSESHOE BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Bruce McArthur, who headed up The Coalition to Save Eagleridge Bluffs, is taking me on a tour of what will be the 2010 Olympics legacy in his community of Horseshoe Bay. "It's been chopped in half and mowed down," McArthur says of the wilderness that lay right over and above his house. "That's a problem." View Slide Show of Vancouver's Development [More]

While the Sea-to-Sky highway construction has definitely ruffled some "green" feathers of Vancouver locals, the new Olympic buildings are meeting very high green standards. "Environmentally we've put a major focus on any of the buildings that are being built," says Linda Coady, Vice President of Sustainability for the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic ...

The main highway for the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia has been reopened. Road crews finished removing rock from the collapse...

Associated Press - August 3, 2008 12:05 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The main highway for the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia has been reopened.

Associated Press - August 3, 2008 12:05 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The main highway for the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia has been reopened.

British Columbia experts say the main highway for the 2010 Winter Olympics is set to be reopened Sunday. Highway 99 between Vancouver and Whistler, the Sea-to-Sky Highway, is being cleared following the collapse of a cliff face late Tuesday night.