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Calgary Herald - New WinSport rinks to become Calgary 'calling card' - January 16, 2011

• Young children took their first strides across a series of pristine ice rinks Saturday afternoon as WinSport Canada unveiled its new athletic and ice complex designed for professional athletes and young families alike.
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Calgary Sun - New COP rinks add ice to athletic fires - January 16, 2011

• Aspiring athletes officially have more room to hit the ice and dream big, thanks to the much-anticipated athletic and ice complex unveiled Saturday at Canada Olympic Park.
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Calgary Herald - WinSport Canada's athletic and ice complex - January 12, 2011

• From the kid wobbling around on the rink for the first time to an elite athlete perfecting his or her form, WinSport Canada's new athletic and ice complex aims to build successful Olympians from the bottom up. ..
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International Ice Hockey Federation - See you in Alberta - January 05, 2011

• The Canada Olympic Park with an Olympic-size arena for 2,500 spectators (to open in September 2011) and three NHL-size rinks will be used as a practice facility and offer flexible practice time for the teams. 
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Calgary Herald - Olympic hopefuls carve first lines into new ice at COP - December 16, 2010

• The coloured lines were crisp and the surface of the rinks as smooth as glass until hundreds of schoolchildren made quick work of the untouched ice at Canada Olympic Park.  
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Calgary Herald - WinSport confident expansion will be completed - May 08, 2009

• WinSport Canada said its massive renovation and expansion of Calgary's Canada Olympic Park won't be delayed and is due to be completed as planned by 2011.
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Calgary Herald - Rink rescue plan on hold - January 24, 2009

• Fundraising target shy $3 milion - As parents ferry nearly 11,000 players to and from rinks this weekend for the kickoff to the 30th Annual Esso Minor Hockey Week, overbooked arenas won't see any relief as a tough economy leads to less money than expected for the city's rink-in-a-box project.
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Calgary Herald - WinSport confident expansion will be completed - May 08, 2009

• WinSport Canada said its massive renovation and expansion of Calgary's Canada Olympic Park won't be delayed and is due to be completed as planned by 2011.
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Calgary Herald - Olympic Park to Sport Athletics Focused Tower - February 06, 2009

• Building set to house national organizations - A five-storey office tower of 100,000 square feet at Canada Olympic Park will add much-needed new office space in the city's northwest quadrant.
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Calgary Herald - Correction - May 15, 2009

• The cost of building the Athletic and Ice Complex at Canada Olympic Park is $231 million. The cost for other upgrades at WinSport facilities is $68 million. That is a decrease from previous statements. Incorrect information appeared on Page B8 in last Friday's Herald.
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Calgary Herald - GEC Architecture on design spree - April 16, 2009

• At a time when some architectural and engineering firms are having to pare down a little, it's encouraging to see GEC Architecture in a soft hiring mode thanks to a number of projects around the province.
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Calgary Sun - Calgary's prints all over Games - February 21, 2010

• After a 22-year wait, the Olympic Winter Games are back in Canada and the party has been unforgettable. Despite a few glitches and some criticism, VANOC and the citizens of BC are pulling off an amazing event Canadians will always remember.
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Edmonton Journal - Olympic Park Expansion - May 22, 2009

• The expansion of Canada Olympic Park in Calgary progresses on Thursday as traffic roars by.
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Grandparent Magazine - The future of Canadian winter sport - March

• The future of sport is in your hands. This may sound like an outlandish statement, but it's true. A generation of young Canadians were just inspired by the heroic efforts of Canada's best athletes in Vancouver and Whistler.
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Dawson Creek Daily News - June 15, 2010

• Calgary sports institute draws Canada even with sports powers. Clad in a hard hat and steel-toed boots, hockey player Carla MacLeod imagined what her life would be like at Canada's first winter sport institute as she toured its construction site.
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Business in Calgary - A buzz of activity - March 03, 2010

• With two months of 2010 behind us, I have the feeling that business people on the whole are as positive as could be hoped after a difficult year. The recession did not cause as many problems as anticipated and several people considered the slowdown a bit of a blessing, particularly in the search for qualified workers.
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The Canadian Press - September 27, 2010

• Ski cross racer Julia Murray can see the gym where she trains from her apartment in Whistler, B.C. It's a larger and more comprehensive gym that it was a few months ago, thanks to a financial boost from the federal and provincial governments.
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Strategize - March 17, 2009

• According to Nielsen Media Research, two-thirds of the global population tuned in at some point last August to watch the Beijing Olympics. With the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on the horizon, the Canadian Winter Sports Institute (WinSport Canada) is preparing the country for the spotlight.
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Calgary Construction Association Magazine - 2010

• Olympic Park a big boost for Canada's winter sports - With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games fast approaching, Canadians from coast-to-coast are getting into the Olympic spirit - and then some.
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