2007 Canada Winter Games

The 2007 Canada Winter Games are now upon us. Plane loads of athletes and visitors are now arriving into Whitehorse (in fact all the planes are full heading north all this week). The opening ceremonies are tomorrow afternoon (I'm attending the rehearsal tonight though) and soon our city will be full to max. As you know, I'm volunteering with long track speed skating (if you check the results in the computer, guess who put them there!!) starting Saturday. The weather - though typical for the north - is not quite cooperating. It's -25 celcius right now (-37 with the wind chill), not great for outdoor events - and the forecast shows Friday @ high -23, Saturday high -28, Sunday high -26 (low -36) and Monday high -26 (low -38). Not too promising. If you know of someone participating or are interested in a particular sport, here is the Canada Games web site: click here . You should be able to watch some of the sports on CBC or TSN. Here is what the TSN site says:

Winter Games to make broadcast history

TSN Release

5/9/2006 1:07:41 PM

The 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon is set to become the most televised Canada Games ever in the 40 year history of the competition.

TSN and RDS along with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and CBC Sports will be the official broadcasters of the Games, scheduled to take place from February 24 to March 10 in 2007.

In total, 130 broadcast hours will be devoted to the competition including 50 hours of coverage supplied by TSN.

So check your listings, if you want to watch the fun on TV.

AND if you want to see what Main Street looks like, here is the Whitehorse webcam: click here .