Updated: Wed Sep. 23 2009 19:16:08

To our on-air and online viewers,

Thank you for enthusiastically embracing CTV British Columbia's 2010 Olympic Limited Edition Pin Program.

The response has been overwhelming, far greater than we ever anticipated.

When we embarked on this project, we had no idea how popular it would become; its clear British Columbian's are pin crazy.

We encourage you to continue to watch CTV News for information on the next release date.

We at CTV sincerely thank you for your interest in our collectible pins and thank you for watching CTV News.

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Robert Ryman
I would like to get a first year pin. Where would I octane one.
I think what I saw a television was fantastic.
Langley
Thank you

niels kristiansen
i guess that is the only thing from the 2010 Olympic that will be seen up here in clearwater so send me a pin a i will be happy

Neil Earl
These are beautiful pins and I think every Olympic enthusiast like myself should own them.Can't wait to get a set.

Terry J. Marsh
What about us "poor" folk who live on the island....how can we get a collectible pin??

viktor domenico
awesome looking pins just my chances to get any are very slim since i don't live in Vancouver but in Courtenay make me sad but its still good for all the lucky ones in Vancouver

Judy Prachnau
I am an avid pin collector, and would also like to receive some for my collection. I have quite a few from 2010 Olympics already. Abbotsford, thanks.

Joanne Piazza
How can one obtain these pins if you do not live in the lower mainland. I would love to receive a set or one of the pins. They are really very nicely done. Thanks

Robert Ryman
CTV 2010 Olympic Pins
I would like to get a first year pin. I think what I saw on television was fantastic.
Langley

Carol Wood
I think the pins are really colorful and nice but living up in Logan Lake how do I get one.

Olympic Fanatic
I have been buying Olympic T-shirts and sweaters for me and Family since Christmas.It would be nice to get something free for once.I would like one for every sport.Thank you

dick&dorothy molenaar
My family would love to have one of these pins, but unfortunately we are flying out to Thunder bay Ont. on Thursday morning to deal with personal family matters and will miss the broadcast on how to get one.Can you find it clear in Olympic hearts to respond back to me via email on how we might obtain one as we will not be back in Delta until the 17th.
This is no BS we really are going to Ont. I will produce the air line tickets upon our return if i can get at least one of these pins.
Dick & Dorothy Molenaar

Harold
for people who don't live in Vancouver how can we access the Olympic pins.

Rachel.Allen
will these pins be handed in other areas beside Vancouver? I live in Maple Ridge and would love to get a pin.

Ed V. Victoria, B.C.
I hope that CTV is remembering that their viewers are not all living in the Vancouver area & that the Olympics are being supported by the entire province. Please consider making these available to all your viewers in the
province of BC. Thanks You

Don Findlay
Great looking pins. Hope I get a chance to get one.

Phil Caron
Hi there, I reside on Vancouver Island and was wondering if I could get my pin mailed out to me or will there be a location on the Island? Thank you for any assistance.
Phil from Comox

Margaret Ouellette
I love the pin set, but live in Kamloops...where can I obtain the start of the collection and all the others

Penny Lundmark
I would love to obtain these pins. Is there some way people who don't live in Vancouver can get them.
Thank You

Gerry Law
The Pins are beautiful. I live in the north in Prince Rupert and I do hope that you will be offering this pin collection to those who live up here in the north. Thank you.

Donna Harwood
We live on Pender Island and would like to know how we can get these pins. We watch CTV all the time. I am a PINAHOLIC and desperately want a set of CTV pins.

Thanks so much.

Donna

Murray Maxwell
the pins all look dazzling, I would love a set of them if I may please. my sport is Alpine Skiing though, but I would love the set please

hey, please pass my best regards on to Perry Solkowski for me? thank you.
Murray Maxwell

Shannelle Alexander
I just seen the pin on the news. Can't wait to find out how I can get a free pin! As the PR person, I hope they'll be available in our area in the north as well.
They said there will be different ones offered throughout the final year until the Olympics.

Ian Tait
For all of you pin collectors out there, the Pacific Pin Club has been active since 1986 and the Club's website is chock full of information on pin trading and collecting. The next monthly meeting is at the Capitol Hill Community Hall in North Burnaby on Sunday, February 22nd from 9AM to 12 Noon. Be sure to visit www.pacificpinclub.org for more information !!

Linda Lendrum
Hi I was wondering how I could obtain three pins, one for my granddaughter and one for my husband & myself. We live in Chemainus BC so cannot access the places the pins will be made available in Vancouver.
We watch your news every night and last night was special when you acknowledged Rena. Its great having the original team back, you all seem to have a great time.

Lynne Brissard
I was thinking while watching Wednesday's newscast that I would need to be living in Vancouver if wanted to be able to get a 2010 pin. I understand that on Thursday's news they would announce where to get one. I would hope the opportunity is available for all British Columbians to obtain a pin, not just Vancouverites.

Sue
I also hope they are available outside the lower mainland. Not only are the rest of us also paying for it, but I would bet that most of us are just as proud to have it in our province as those in Vancouver.

peggy lafleur
the pins a great but where can the rest of us in Canada get them

Gord Pointer
hello I would like to get the pins that you have for the 2010 olympic i live in Prince George , How can i get my hands on the set up here .

Gillian
I am hoping I don't have to come to Vancouver to pick up a pin. I collected all the pins from Expo '86 and still have them, I love pins but don't want to drive into Vancouver

Janet Baron
the pins are colorful & beautiful. all of us Ctv news watchers should have first pickings.
how about us in the sunny okanogan.
Big Hello from Vernon BC

Dan Pederson
Wow! I didn't know there were so many pin collectors out there. For you locals, did you know there is a pin club in Vancouver? a pin collecting show this May? an international show at the Richmond Oval this August? Check out www.pacificpinclub.org for more information.

Raymond
I have read through the comments left by other people, and I am another one of the interested parties who live outside the lower mainland. Will the pins be accessible to "collectors" outside of the Vancouver area.

Ann Dusseault
Another Vancouver Islander...How do I get one please...we live in BC also.

Shawn71
I can't make it to the locations. But Bill Good says tune in on fri on how to get a pin, if you can't make it to the location

Annie in Qualicum
I too am looking for a way to get the pin as well...I am on Vancouver Island. Will this be possible

Cathy Cooke
I'm hoping that at some point the pins will be available outside the Lower Mainland, but could you please post if that will occur to alleviate all of us non-lower mainlanders aggravation. Thanks.

Timothy Manson
how can i get one mailed to me as i live up in Merritt?

Bob & Barb
I see there are lots of comments from folks OUTSIDE the LMD - so what ARE you going to do for us country bumkins who are equally CTV listeners and supporters!
Bob & Barb - Maple Bay on Vancouver Island.

gary mckay
Just watched the news , what about us smucks on the big island VI :( I'll even pay shipping), I collect pins even got an original StarTreck pin.

gary mckay
Just watched the news , what about us smucks on the big island VI :( I'll even pay shipping), I collect pins even got an original StarTreck pin.

Beverly Buell
I live in Quesnel, BC and I am a CTV news fan and watch it regularly every night. I am also a pin collector and I'd like to find out how I can get a set of the CTV pins. If it is possible for them to be mailed, I can send the postage. They are beautiful pins. Thank you.

E. Schellenberg
We are wintering in Mexico,and watch CTV on Satelite . Our home is in the Okanagan and wonder how we could get a Olympic Pin.

lance coulson
Hi I would like a olympic pin? pentciton b.c can you do a gas storie. gas is 96 balle is 35$

Wendy
I was wondering how I can get the collection of olympic pins for each of my 4 grandchildren. It would be a great keepsake for them. I live in Armstrong- in the sunny
okanagan. Thanks. Wendy

Pam Bavington
I live on the Island and i would like to get a
pin or two.I don,t think the I lsand should be left out we live in BC too.Vancouver is to far
to travel for some peoplewith no car.
Pam

Lawrence Napier
I live in Mackenzie, BC and would love to get a 1 year To Go CTV Olympic pin. I am a pin collector. Thank you.

Lawrence

Bobby
If i were to get a pin were would you have to go in the location?

norah Howard-william howard
I am very interested in receiving the CTV collectable pins Very excited to watch the games begin. I live in Williams Lake B.C Born in Victoria BC 1930

Bob Gray
I live beyond Hope (Kamloops)and would like to receive a pin, how does one do that if you don't live in the lower mainland. Great looking pins and designed in-house which is a real bonus. Well done CTV!

Robert Cummings
Bob Cummings
I live in Sooke and would be grateful to learn how I might obtain the recently released CTV 2010 Olympic Pin as well as the subsequent 7 pins to be released.

Many thanks

jet c.
this pin would be aq nice keepsake.......it would look good on any shirt or jacket you wear.and ....proudly wear it

Barb Yeo
Please remember the rest of BC. I live in Peachland (Okanagan).I would love a pin, even if I have to pay for it.Thanks

Polina
it's very beautiful pin. I hope this pin will be in Surrey central or Guildford town center.

t
the pins will be given out in whistler 8am Thursday, Langley 4-8pm and ctv headquarters downtown Vancouver,,,,more dates locations will be announced Thursday or friday...relax people ctv knows viewers are all over the province,,,,,

Donna Olson
I think the pin should be made so all of BC. Can get one those pins not just people who are in Vancouver and area. I live in Fort Nelson,BC. I would like them for my grandkids to keep.

Gerald Olson
I notice you can get a pin by mailing a self addressed letter to the pin request. until supplies last. Well they should have make one for everyone in BC.We are the tax payers who are paying for these games at least we would have gotten something out of this expense.I live in Fort Nelson,BC

Bob Paille
The pins you introduced are real beauties. I'd like one. Living in Kamloops has so many good things going for it, but getting a pin isn't one of them. Why don't you make them availabto to us outlanders.

Lori Connors
How may we obtain a "one year to go" Olympic pin if we don't live in Vancouver.
Ms. Lori Connors

Bill Moorehead
How about Kelowna? Beyond Hope!!

Nerissa Castro
Hi. I have 3 young boys and they are new here in Canada. We are living here in North Van. Could I have 3 pins for them. They are really looking forward experiencing the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Thank you.

Kenn Oliver
Just another from outside the lower mainland and valley asking how can we get access to the beautiful pins? Being on the North Island (Port Hardy as much north island as there is) we don't have the ability to get to you but are loyal watchers. cheers
Kenn

Maureen
Wow! Just picked up a pin today. It is so nice. I have to collect all eight now!

Harry K
Thanks CTV.Got my pin at CTV HQ at 12 noon Thurs. There wasn't any line up. One pin per person.
There's a link at top of page
to get a pin by mail if you live outside of Metro Van. And only within BC.
E.Van.

Sarah
For all of you who live out side the Lower Mainland BUT in BC...

CLICK ON "PIN FAQ" at the top right of this page to find the instructions on how to collect your One Year to Go Pin!!

Enjoy

drew86
i picked up my pin @ 10 AM this morning at the CTV station on Robson & Burrard. It's open till 7 PM, so go get one before it's all gone!

SZ, Vancouver
Hey,

I really wanted to pick up a pin today, but am ill and didn't get the chance.

I just wanted to know if you will have pins available to pick up on other days next week...at different locations?

Thanks :)

Sharon Joyce
I would like a pin but live to far away to pick one up. Any chance there will be a location in Halifax to pick up a CTV pin

Sylvie
Good day,

I start a collection pin for the Vancouver Olympic game and I from Toronto. How can I get the pin for CTV 1 year to go.

Thank you

doug diakow
hi i like to get a pin but i live on the island comox valley iam not coming over to get one can u send me one

Dorothy Irwin, Whitehorse, Yukon
I have been watching tv re the pins this week and tonight they are lining up. I am from the Yukon and wondering how else to get one.

joy
I would just like to echo some of the other viewers. Not all Olympic supporters live in Vancouver or the lower mainland. It would be nice to have something for those of us here in the interior.

Ria de Boer. Ainsworth BC

And we live in the Kootenays, about 9 hours drive from Vancouver and would love to collect the pins. We watch CTV channel 250!!!Satellite. It's our Olympics too. Don't forget the rest of the province!
Thank you.

Ed and Linda Smith
We would love to have two pin's. We live in Dawson Creek BC. Mile 0 o the Alaska Highway. How do we obtain them.

Betty Osborne
The CTV Olympic pins are beautiful. We are living in Kelowna and would like to obtain these collectible pins. Are we able to get them, not being in Vancouver?

Mary Lynn and Jerry Drul
i am watching the news and enjoying seeing Whistler and what is happening. we live too far away and are getting up there in years so won't be making it down next year. if there is any way we could obtain pins, to remember this day as it is also our 43rd Wedding anniversary, please advise. tks. mary Lynn

gloria @ Langley
thanks for the pin but it was a disappointment to see they had run out of collector
cards. Where can I get one?

Joyce Lee
So if we missed today, will there be other chances to get the first pin?

paul livingstone
will there be a site to pick up the pins in Maple Ridge

Elaine Snider
Could you please advise where I can get a countdown 2010 pin.
Thanks.

TIM
I have found it interesting reading people's comments here...to the people who feel "entitled to a pin" "because they are tax payers" KEEP IN MIND CTV IS A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY DOING THIS PROMOTION ON THEIR OWN ACCORD AS A SPONSOR OF THE GAMES IN VANCOUVER...THEY DON'T NEED TO DO IT! SO THANKS TO CTV FOR THESE PINS!!!!!

melanie Rodgers
Hi, my wonderful hubby arrived home with a pin for me yesterday! It great and I can't wait to collect the whole set. Thanks CTV and please let us know when the next one will be released!

Joanne
I would kindly like it if it would be possible if I could get a set. I know the line ups are long and knowing that my 2 older children would not stay still in the line-ups.( Have also 2 15month old twins)I would loose my place and never would get even 1.
Thank you so much
Joanne, Coquitlam

Connie Hammick
I was able to get the first pin, however, I did not get the folder to hold them in. What do I do now?

Peter Yzerman, Surrey
Your pins look great. I have been busy as a Vanoc volunteer the last 2 days and would like to put one on my new uniform, which I received from them. Thanks.
P.S. It would be nice if all volunteers received one.

Al Falcao Markham, ON
CTV, congratulations! I have not seen the actual pins but the pictures look fabulous! Unfortunately, this promotion is restricted to Vancouver so if anyone has extras and would like to trade, please get in touch with me at www.alspins.com

flora
I am a student, and I had no idea about this until I watched ctv ten minutes ago!I MISSED THE PINS! And i DO live in the metro Vancouver area, so I'm not eligible to be getting on in the mail :( . I had school while CTV gave them out..why not give them out on weekends as well? Students like myself want to start their own collection!! Thanks CTV

Wayne Ronald
Dear CTV Hello and best wishes from Calgary. I have been Collecting Pins since the Games in Calgary and would love to get a Set or at least 1 of the Speed Skating Pins. I am a Big fan of S. Skating and go to most of the Events in Calgary. Please let me know how to obtain a Set. Thank you. Wayne

Diann Smallman
What a lovely idea. Thank you for this gift celebrating this grand event. I have mailed my request for a pin, with thanks!

Glenna
I was able to pick up one of the First Pins ... and it is very nice ... they only problem I have is ... I wish there was a limit of at least two per person ... as not everyone is able to get to spots where you are giving them out and it is disappointing to some others in the household who also would like a Pin.

Myra Adirim
I will be going to Whistler this weekend, Feb.20-22. Will there be pins available at the Olympic office in the village?

Vicki Broten,PoCo
Could you please let me know how I can purchase TWO sets of the collective pin sets you are offering.I would really appreciate it very much. My Granddaughter was in the group that sang O Canada on the 12th of February and I know this would mean a lot to her. Her brother would also like a set. Thank you all for such great work.I know we will all enjoy watching the Olympics..Good luck to all.

Ramona H.L.
I would love to receive a pin as well.

This are so beautiful.

We live on the Gulf Islands, please how can we get the collectible pin?

Jas
Hello I am from 100 Mile House, great looking pins how do I get the complete set. Thxs Jas

J.Stam Sr.
Hope I will be fortunate enough to get one in the send in your self addressed envelope mail in.
Are we who live in the Chilliwack area have a chance to obtain the others the same way? J.Stam Sr.

winston Heron
I saw those beautiful Olympic pins. I would love to have one,to share the memories with my new born in the future.How could i get one?

alex burnaby
i would like to know where these pins are manufactured. thank you .

Dianne Melville
Dianne Melville
Hi I live in Lake Errock and at home recovering from surgery I had and would love to get one of these Pins....:)>3

Tanya, Vernon, BC
Can I send 8 self addressed envelopes one for each pin all at once for when they are released? or do I have to send them at the time of the pin release?

Clara Ronaldi
I think if you don't live in BC you can get the free pin. You must either trade a pin or buy it from someone. Sorry.

Gail Bucholtz
This "one year to go" Olympic pin is the greatest pin that I ever could have in my life-time. What I saw on television was fantastic. I would like to get one of 2010 Olympic Limited Edition Pin, please! We live in Nanaimo, B.C. Thank you in advance

Fine Line
I also am an avid pin collector and live in the Okanagan area. Is there any possible way you can distribute these pins throughout the province? I tune in to your news telecasts each day and am feeling a bit left out of the hype. If this is not an option how may I may receive (or purchase) the CTV 2010 Pin Collectors Card and the corresponding pins for my personal collection.