Torchbearer and chuckwagon champion Kelly Sutherland holds the Olympic Flame as chuckwagon driver Dean Dreger looks on in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Gary Mason

Diss the flame, risk the wrath of a nation

Expected protests along Alberta’s torch route didn’t materialize, as Canadians are showing little patience for such stunts

Politics

Wildrose Alliance has heady advice for B.C. Tories

Party leader says conservatives must run on a broad platform

Olympic torchbearer Travis Cross, an Olympic wrestler, stands on stage after lighting the cauldron in Port Alberni, B.C., during a community celebration. John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail

2010 Olympic Relay

Torch raises spirits in town ravaged by recession

Olympic wrestler Travis Cross carried the torch through his hometown of Port Alberni, B.C., where the mill has been bleeding jobs

Carol Schmitt inspects salmon in tanks at the Omega Pacific Hatchery on Vancouver Island’s Great Central Lake, near Port Alberni, B.C. Ms. Schmitt and her business partner, Bruce Kenny, say their hatchery model would greatly assist B.C.’s salmon fishery.

Hatching a plan to solve B.C.'s salmon crisis

Public sector, meet private. The aquaculture industry says the government's hatchery program is broken – and is proposing a fix

TransLink heading for financial crisis, provincial report says

Metro Vancouver's public transit body hampered by too many competing interests, fuzzy lines of authority

Accused in toddler's slaying found unfit for trial

B.C. Review Board decides teenager will remain in custody for further diagnosis and treatment

Woman declared dead gets apology

Move by federal government department flagged B.C. resident's social insurance number and stopped her widow's survivor's cheque

Lawyers for B.C. migrants challenge expert's allegations

Hawkish scholar who describes them as Tamil terrorists will be summoned for cross-examination

DNA identifies seventh B.C. mystery foot

Man was reported missing in January, 2008; no foul play suspected

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On the one-year countdown to the start of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Olympic Torch, designed and manufactured by Bombardier, and the torchbearer uniform, designed by the Hudson's Bay Company, were unveiled to the world. The first two torchbearers, named by Coca-Cola and RBC, respectively, are Patricia Moreno of Vancouver and Caleb Taylor of Regina.

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The torch lit an Olympic spark in me

Running with the famous flame felt strangely wonderful

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In B.C.'s wilderness, where the wild things aren't

Retracing the path of a bear named Eva, photographer finds grim evidence of widespread 'control kills' of animals

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Crack Cocaine addict Patricia Hurst uses a pipe to get high in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside January 29, 2009.