CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- The founding fathers of the 1988 Winter Olympics had financial foresight. While many recent Olympic host cities build temporary sports venues or convert permanent ones to ...

CALGARY – The founding fathers of the 1988 Winter Olympics had financial foresight. While Olympic host cities of today build temporary sports venues or convert permanent ones to other types of ...

Bob Niven, President of Calgary’s successful bid to host the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, has died at the age of 80 ©WinSport Calgary's WinSport confirmed that he had died of corticobasal degeneration, ...

The ski jumps built for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary have been closed following the collapse of the city's bid for the 2026 Games ©Wikipedia WinSport, the not-for-profit company that runs the ...

Twitter, it barely need be said, gives us all the same memory problems that Drew Barrymore's character had in the movie 50 First Dates. This happened in Canada, too, but not so much in coastal ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Figure skater Brian ...

Calgary council to vote on establishing committee to oversee Olympic BidCo The committee will act like any standing policy committee, overseeing all developments of BidCo including public engagement, ...

Next month marks the 35th anniversary of the Winter Olympics in Calgary and this week, several items from the 1988 games are up for auction, including a gold medal won by a legendary Soviet defenceman ...

RIGA, LATVIA - MARCH 23: Erika Brown of USA gives team mates instructions after she throws a stone during the 3rd and 4th Play-Off between USA and Canada on Day 8 of the Titlis Glacier Mountain World ...

13 February 1988: Britain’s best - and only - ski jumper at the Calgary Winter Olympics declares ‘I can jump as well as anyone’ Eddie Edwards arrived an hour late at the Winter Olympic press centre.

It may only seem like a weathered, cracked piece of clay and shale to some, but for Marlene Lamontagne, it was a way to make her beloved parents part of their city’s history. The fate of 20,000 ...