Author:  Laura Glover, luger and student-athlete at National Sports School

Those words are like knives and heavy blankets smothering me.  My brain stalls, my eyes burn as I feel my heart sink inside my chest. My throat swells, strangling my words until I can finally muster; "He died?"

Author:  Lia Fletcher, fan and sponsor of Alexa Loo

Friday was Alexa's competition! Despite the rain, it was an amazing experience
to watch the Olympic Games in Vancouver and to cheer for an athlete that I know
and care about.

Author:  Frances Mitchell, sister of Shelley-Ann Brown 

Shelley-Ann and Helen are Silver Medalists.... but wait a minute, Canada has Silver AND Gold for women's Bobsleigh. What a great feat! Congratulations to Kaillie and Heather (Canada 1) for a great and exciting race to the finish.

Author:  Lia Fletcher, fan and sponsor of Canadian snowboarder Alexa Loo

We are in count-down mode: One more day until Alexa's race!
 
Today, I went to Entrust to pick up the "Go Alexa Go" sweatshirts that Scott
Armstrong (Alexa's agent) ordered for all Alexa's friends and family who
will be attending her competition tomorrow. Shhhhh! This is supposed to
be a surprise for Alexa!

Author: Alex Ianculescu,  grade 12 student-athlete at the National Sport School in Calgary and competitive long-track speed skater.

The Olympics are now a totally different story than they were before, at least for me personally.  It's weird walking into the Richmond Oval and seeing people that I train with on a regular basis at the Calgary Oval.  It was exactly like a World Cup, except people were more excited for it and lots of Dutchies in the audience made it a carpet of orange and red.

 Author:  Garth Turtle, high school phys ed teacher & coach of Heather Moyse
 
I left PEI Monday morning and after a long but uneventful journey across the country landed in Vancouver at 4pm.
 
My daughter Kristen and I took no time at all to get our baggage and head into Vancouver on the new Skytrain. A very efficient and quick journey to downtown Vancouver to pick up our tickets and then we were off to my niece's apartment.  She has kindly offered us a place to stay, certainly appreciated as Vancouver is very expensive right now.

Author:  Frances Mitchell, sister of Shelley-Ann Brown, bobsledder

We arrived in Whistler after a scenic ride from Vancouver.  It was still my kind of weather although I was frightened into believing that it was freezing at the top of the mountain.  I dressed myself and my poor little son Andre as though we were ready to fight a war with the cold.  It turns out that it wasn't that bad at all, so we dressed down accordingly.

Author:  Frances  Mitchell, sister of bobsledder Shelley-Ann Brown

We're here and I think we'll be moving - what a lovely city!  We've been staying in West Vancouver and I feel like I am in the Caribbean.  Our view from our Host's home is of the Pacific Ocean... very beautiful and it is also very warm here - my kind of weather.  We arrived in Whistler last night and hope to catch a glimpse of our Shelley-Ann before today's event.