Canada's Virtue, Moir win ice dance gold

They entered the third and final component of the Olympic ice dance competition in the lead, and Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir refused to give up their hold on the gold-medal position. Virtue, from London, Ont., and Moir of Ilderton, Ont., won Canada's first-ever Olympic ice dance gold medal with a dazzling performance in the free dance Monday at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. They earned a score of 110.42 points, boosting their total to 221.57.

Own the Podium dream over: Canadian official

Canada won't own the podium at the Vancouver Games after all. With seven days of competition remaining, the Canadian Olympic Committee raised the white flag Monday on the host team's goal of finishing first overall in the medal count.

Canada cruises into women's hockey final

For Canadian women’s hockey star Meghan Agosta, the Olympic experience has been wonderful and strange. The other day she bumped into her hero, Henrik Zetterberg, in the Athletes' Village and got his autograph. In Canada’s 5-0 semifinal victory against Finland on Monday, she not only set the Olympic tournament record with her ninth goal, a young man in the crowd of 16,324 at Canada Hockey Place proposed marriage.

Bernard clinches playoff spot with win over Sweden

Canada clinched a playoff spot in women's curling with a decisive 6-2 win over Sweden at the Vancouver Olympics on Monday. In what was billed as a potential preview of the of the Olympic gold-medal match, Canada easily slid past Sweden's reigning Olympic gold medallist, Anette Norberg. Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard's rink had been criticized for not having enough international experience heading into the Games.

3 Canadian men soar to aerials final

It was an evening of unpredictable twists and turns in the men's aerials at Cypress Mountain on Monday. And, for once at the Vancouver Olympics, the twists brought good news for Canada. All three Canadians in the qualifying round advanced to the two-jump final, which take place on Thursday.