Cat Barr on Global TV with Sophie Lui

I had so much fun with Sophie Lui on Global TV last Saturday (Feb 20, 2010).
With all the Olympic celeb and parties in town, we got a chance to talk live on the air from Robson Square about all the excitement around town.
I even got a chance to show off a few pictures too of [...]

Olympic Ice Dancing Fashions and Faux Pas

There’s no throws, triple flips, double axels or, for that matter, falling down on your butt – but, when it comes to Olympic ice dancing there is still plenty of drama, especially in the fashion department.
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WEIRDEST OUTFITS EVER

Russian bronze medal winners Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin may have skated to a third place win [...]

Olympic Parties Week 2

The Olympic parties continue with even more famous faces coming out to play.

01 – Mogul skier Jenn Heil, seen here at a Birks reception party, gets Canada on the map first with a silver medal up at West Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain.
02 – Supermodel Cindy Crawford, seen here with Stephen Urquhart, President of OMEGA, left, and [...]

In Memory of Georgian Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili

I was brimming with pride, watching the Olympic torch live on TV as it made its way through the streets of Vancouver when it happened.
Breaking News – Olympic Luger Killed in Training Run
My joy quickly turned to sorrow. Then the pictures came. Stunning – shocking – devastating.
How could a day filled with such elation turn [...]

Olympic Athletes Reunion Reception Vancouver 2010

Five time Olympian Charmaine Crooks was the perfect host last night at a special Olympic Athletes reunion event in Vancouver’s Chinatown district. It was a royal reception to be sure with names like HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and King Constantine II of Greece who attended along with his wife, Queen Anne Marie of [...]

Vancouver Winter Olympics Week 1

The Winter Olympics are supposed to be all about the games, but they’re about all the fun too. As the torch runs through the community, and the international houses open their doors, it’s easy to get caught up in the Olympic spirit. From cocktails in the Monk McQueens Ice Lounge to the opening of Irish [...]

Celebrity Torch Bearers in Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today announced additional well-known torchbearers who will join other notable individuals and every-day Canadians to carry the Olympic Flame throughout the final days of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.
The 106-day torch relay [...]

USA Gold Medal Snowboarder Shaun White on Letterman

Vancouver’s Olympic snow woes continue, and now they’ve hit the big time.
Tuesday night, USA Gold Medal snowboarder Shaun White appeared on David Letterman. The interview concluded with the two men laughing about rumours that Vancouver doesn’t have enough snow up at the Cypress mountain half pipe venue and joking about snow being flown in by [...]

BACIO Cancer Fundraiser at Mangia e Bevi

All month long, West Vancouver’s Mangia e Bevi restaurant has been raising money for oncology research through their third annual “Festa Invernale”. Called B.A.C.I.O (Because a Cure is Obtainable), it is a cause close to the hearts of owners Doug Grisdale, Rob Parrott and Antonio Sauro, all of whom have had family members affected by [...]