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Torch relay.

Monday Feb. 8, 2010 5:50 PM PT

Avoiding traffic when the Olympic torch hits town

The crowds coming out to see the 2010 Olympic flame are expected to get even larger as the relay gets closer to Vancouver, and traffic headaches are on the way. CTV News explains how to steer clear of trouble when the torch hits home. More   1

Watch: Stephen Smart on Olympic torch traffic woes

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Many Vancouver taxi drivers were unaware of the names of key Olympic venues or how to get to them, a CTV News investigation found. Jan. 25, 2010. (CTV)

Taxi companies struggling amid Olympic hype

Vancouver taxi companies say the 2010 Winter Games are set to drive them out of business. Black Top Cabs president Amrik Mahil says the last few weeks have been the slowest his company has seen in 15 years. More   1  

Surrey, B.C., mayor Dianne Watts speaks to CTV News on Feb. 8, 2010.

Surrey looks for recognition on the world stage

No Olympians will compete for gold in the second largest city in B.C., but Surrey, an official Olympic partner, is finding a way to bring the Olympic spirit south of the Fraser River. More   3     1

Michael Buble performs during the Juno Awards in Calgary, Sunday, April 6, 2008. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Schwarzenegger, Buble to carry torch

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Buble and Walter Gretzky are among the big names who will run with the Olympic torch when it arrives in Vancouver later this week. More

The Olympic Resistance Network is inviting protesters from around the world to come to Vancouver to disrupt the 2010 Winter Games. Feb. 4, 2010. (CTV)

2010 protesters say police must keep the peace

Anti-Olympic protesters are gearing up for a large protest before the opening ceremonies on Friday, saying keeping the demonstration peaceful will be up to police. More   16  

Police in hazard suits dug through garbage at the Delta landfill, south of Vancouver, as part of a criminal investigation on Feb. 5, 2010.

Mom arrested after baby's body found in landfill

Mounties in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, B.C., are recommending infanticide charges against a 20-year-old mother after she allegedly gave birth and threw her newborn into a school dumpster. More   1

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Bad parking job in Fort McMurray

February 08, 10:13 EST

From MyNews contributor Vicky Tremblay: Peter Pond Mall Saturday morning, do people really not know how to park? Funny how there is vehicles blocked in the middle of two other parked vehicles. Fort McMurray is 443 km north of Edmonton.

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Air Force commander 'shocked' by colonel's arrest

The commander of Canada's Air Force expressed his sympathies to the families of two women recently murdered near Belleville, Ont., and said he was 'shocked' that a colonel under his authority has been charged with their murders.

World Headlines

Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut

Federal workers got a day off as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out Monday from as much as 3 feet of snow that left tens of thousands without power while making travel nearly impossible. And there's another storm brewing.

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Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty

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