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FRONT LINES Let the Games begin by Anita Willis Observations from the editor of British Columbia Magazine.
MAILBOX Letters to the Editor by Various See what readers are talking about. DUE WEST Winter Games Due West by Various Excerpts from the Winter 2009 Olympic Winter Games-themed Due West department.
DESTINATION Whistler: An insider’s guide by Lesley Anthony Our local writer divulges some secret pleasures of life in this celebrated West Coast ski town—the official Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Games. RECREATION Do-it-yourself winter games by Various Enjoy vicarious thrills and comical spills as our daring writers (brave souls, all) demonstrate six winter sports of the Vancouver
Postal pups by Larry Pynn Mushers in the annual three-day, 100-kilometre Cariboo sled-dog run from Quesnel to Wells employ old-fashioned canine power to deliver the federal mail. OUTDOOR ADVENTURE The powderful Purcells by Vivien Bowers A dozen backcountry skiers aged 54 to 77 head for the Kootenays to prove they’re only as old as their last set of fresh tracks. WILDLIFE Faster, higher, stronger by Bruce Obee The athletic exploits of our wildlife Olympians ECHOES A flash of greatness by Frances Backhouse Scrawny Vancouver sprinter Percy Williams shocked the running world at the 1928 Olympic Games, winning double gold to become a British Columbia sports hero. OUTDOOR ADVISOR The big sleep by Larry Pynn How to choose a new sleeping bag. |
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