Olympic legacy for Canada’s native tribes

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Four of Canada’s ‘First Nations’ – the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh – together with the Vancouver Olympic Committee officially hosted the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games which finished on Sunday. The World’s Andrea Crossan reports on the Olympic legacy for the four native tribes. Download MP3

• Video: Inuit throat singers in Vancouver
• Aboriginal Canadians divided over Vancouver Olympics

The History of the Winter Olympics

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Hosting the Olympics is definitely an expensive proposition for host cities. And making it to the Games isn’t cheap for the athletes, either. Especially the Winter Games, as events there usually require expensive gear and special arenas. Marco Werman talks with Olympic historian David Wallechinsky about the origins of the Winter Olympics. Download MP3

• BBC coverage of Vancouver 2010
• The Winter Olympics

Russian radio takes over Vancouver airwaves

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Moscow is 11 hours behind Vancouver, so Russians are having a hard time keeping up with the latest Olympic news. That’s where the fast-talking, joke-cracking trio from Russia’s AUTORADIO comes in. They’re renting air time on a local Vancouver station, and thanks to Canadian laws Moscovites are getting a little bit of Canadian culture thrown in as well. The World’s Andrea Crossan has more. Download MP3(Photo: Andrea Crossan)

• BBC coverage of Vancouver 2010
• On The World: the numbers behind the Olympics
• Listen to Russian radio stations online

Get abused in the Elbow Room Café!

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Vancouver’s Elbow Room Café is known for two things. Good food – and abuse! Lots and lots of abuse. The café’s built a reputation of giving customers a hard time. Surprisingly this approach attracts many customers. The World’s Andrea Crossan tried the strange café. Download MP3 (Photo: Andrea Crossan)

• Andrea’s photos from the Elbow Room
• Illustrated transcript
• Elbow Room homepage

Olympic luger dies after crash

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The death of a luge competitor who left the track at high speed has cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics in Canada ahead of the opening ceremony. Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili’s sled flipped and he smashed into a steel pole at the Whistler Sliding Centre. The World’s Katy Clark has been following events. Download MP3 (Photo: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

• BBC coverage of the Vancouver Olympics
• Vancouver 2010 homepage

Preview of Winter Olympics

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Canada becomes the center of the sporting world tonight with the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The World’s Katy Clark offers a preview of the Games, which run through February 28. Download MP3

• BBC coverage of the Vancouver Olympics
• Winter Olympics photo gallery
• Vancouver 2010 homepage
• On The World: The Numbers Behind the Olympics

Selling Olympic flowers

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When the Olympic winners take the podium over the next two weeks, they won’t just get a medal. They’ll also get a flower bouquet. All those bouquets had to come from somewhere, of course, and it turned out to be “Just Beginnings Flowers” owned by June Strandberg (pictured). The World’s Jason Margolis visited the little flower shop that could in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey. Download MP3 (Photo: Jason Margolis)

• Photo of the Olympic florists
• The Numbers Behind the Olympics: Jason’s Vancouver coverage
• Global Economy podcast
• Just Beginnings flower shop

Olympic Buzz

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The Olympics are just nine days away. It took seven years of planning and preparation to get ready for 17 days in February, then the Paralympics to follow. But people involved with the Games are hoping the Olympic glow will last a lot longer than just a few weeks. Their rosiest projection: A flawless Games will bring in an extra 4 million visitors to British Columbia over the span of two decades. Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3 (Photo credit: © VANOC/COVAN)

• Vancouver coverage by The World’s Jason Margolis
• Vancouver 2010 homepage
• Global Economy podcast