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Still sick, still having Olympic fun

Canada’s Haley Irwin (21) and Meghan Agosta (2) celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the women’s gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Our reporter “abroad,” the YWCA’s Caitlin Copple, is still in Vancouver for the Winter [...]

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Olympic health care: It’s not free

This product image released by the Vancouver Organizing Committee shows the mittens worn by thousands of torchbearers. The wait to purchase a pair? Seven hours at the only store in Vancouver that sells the mitts! (AP Photo/Courtesy VANOC/COVAN)

So our e-mail correspondent in Vancouver came down sick, and decided to check out Canadian health care [...]

Hockey madness, a bicycle built for two

USA’s Chris Drury (23) is congratulated by USA’s Tim Gleason (4) after Drury scored a goal in the second period of a preliminary round men’s ice hockey game against Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Our intrepid e-mailer from the Vancouver Games delivered [...]

On B&B basements and Belarussian ice hockey

A fan of the German men’s ice hockey team takes pictures as Germany plays Belarus in the first period of a preliminary round men’s ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Another e-mail has arrived from Caitlin Copple of Missoula’s YWCA, who is [...]

Olympics on a shoestring?

Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher reacts after finishing the Women’s super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A week or so back, the Missoula YWCA’s Caitlin Copple e-mailed and offered to send a few blogposts from her upcoming trip to the Winter Olympics.

“Absolutely,” came the reply.

So [...]

A life lost before a watching world

Olympic pins are attached to a photo of luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili under the Olympic rings in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Kumaritashvili of Georgia crashed and died on Friday, during a men’s singles luge training run at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Once more, we have witnessed [...]

Meow! A wild Olympic moment

A bobcat that walked onto the course jumps onto the safety fencing near the finish area during first training for the Men’s Downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

The competition hasn’t even started yet, and already I’m enjoying the stories, photos and videos out [...]