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Sharing a ‘real’ western Montana winter

Temperature around 5 degrees causes fog to roll off Flathead Lake this morning enveloping the islands in Somers Bay. KURT WILSON/Missoulian

The good news? Looks like we’re going to have a “real” winter here in western Montana this year: lots of snow and cold! And that means lots of days out-of-doors enjoying the snowy mountains [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]