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The 2010 Winter Games Torch Relay claims to set records for distance traveled, number of torch bearers, and number of communities through which the torch passes.

1948 Canadian Olympic figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott entered the House of Commons carrying the Olympic Torch.

2010 Winter Olympics torch by Canadian aerospace company Bombardier departs from the traditional. Unique features give design a Canadian flair.

Of the 21,800 who participated in this year's Olympic torch relay, only an elite group of eight Chinese former Olympians had the honor of being in the final lap.

Teachers can use the Olympic Truce. Activists can raise awareness and pressure national governments and the UN to invoke this ancient tradition every two years, for peace

Details of the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch and the torch relay are used to discuss the fusion of traditional Chinese elements and modern technology.

On February 12, 2010 the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will begin in Vancouver, Canada. Geography teachers can easily incorporate the Olymipc Games into their classrooms.

Passion Ignites the 2006 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony

The modern Olympic games has grown from a small event in which 245 competitors took part to a multi media, multi million pound sporting extravaganza.

With the Olympic torch moving towards San Francisco, students and activists hold protests across the United States.

A controversial Olympic games in Beijing has activists protesting to focus world attention on issues involving China. Is this in the spirit of the Olympic games?

The Bong Hits for Jesus case results in further restrictions on free speech for students

Studying math, literacy, drama and research through the theme of the winter Olympics will bring fun and excitement into grades 3 to 6 classrooms.

Stamp collectors from around the world look forward to the new stamp series commemorating the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.

The invitations are sent for your Olympic party (see the first article in this series), and you've started to set your teams.

From Cassius Clay to present day, the Muhammad Ali Center captures the boxer's accomplishments inside the ring and for peace, civil rights and more.

Canadian, American and international travelers coming to Vancouver, BC for the 2010 Winter Games can use this information to get a jump start on the trip of a lifetime.

A growing city on the prairies, Medicine Hat Alberta combines the early First Nations and settlement history of southeastern Alberta with all a modern city can offer.

The longest continuous corporate supporter of the Olympics, Coca-Cola has been associated with the games since 1928. Interesting facts about Coke and the Games.

An overview of the second series, starring David Tennant and Billie Piper, which came with massive expectations, that were not always met.

Here's how advertisers experimented with website promotions to communicate with millions of 2008 Olympic fans.

Muhammad Ali, a former prize-winning boxer, is currently fighting Parkinson's disease. His earlier life involved boxing, religious conviction, and ever-ready verbal jabs.

Media news and advertising channels have worked hard to excite Canadians and international onlookers to get behind the 2010 Winter Olympics in BC. Were they successful?

Making an Olympic team takes incredible dedication and commitment. Trying to achieve that goal whilst overcoming significant health problems takes that and so much more.

In awarding the 2008 Summer Olympics Games to China, the International Olympic Committee hoped to leverage an easing of the government's human rights repression.

The years and months preceding the Beijing Olympic Games were the most difficult in China's recent history. How did China manage to cope with these challenges?

Turkey is a spectacular country with great food and wine and a variety of ancient ruins and geological wonders. The locals are friendly and budget travel is easy.