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February 1 – Two young boys, Jayden and Connor McConnell are found drowned in a bathtub in Alberta, Canada. Their mother, Allyson McConnell, later admits to drowning the pair, with the killings believed to be revenge against her husband for ending their marriage.
Dec 5, 2019 · Below, 10 Canadian songs that have shaped the 2010s. 'Baby,' Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris (January 2010) The '10s began, literally, with a song that would disrupt the music industry's...
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games at Vancouver
- Opening Ceremonies
- Freestyle Skiing
- Speed Skating
- Snowboarding
- Sliding Sports
- Figure Skating
- Curling
- Hockey
- Closing Ceremonies
Both Vancouver and Whistler gained new facilities for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, including the Whistler Sliding Sports Centre (for bobsled, skeleton and luge), Whistler Olympic Park (ski jumping, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing and biathlon), the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre (curling; now called the Hillcrest Centre) and the Richmo...
The opening ceremonies, which took place at BC Place Stadium on 12 February 2010, began with a dedication to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who had died earlier in the day during a training run at the Whistler Sliding Sports Centre. Since the Games took place in the traditional territories of the Lil’wat, the Musqueam, the Squamish and the Ts...
Alexandre Bilodeau made Canadian sports history on 14 February 2010 when he became the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in Canada. Bilodeau placed first in the men’s moguls competition, becoming the second Canadian men’s mogulist to win Olympic gold, following Jean-Luc Brassard at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. In women’s ...
Canadians won 10 medals, including four gold, in long track and short track speed skatingat the 2010 Games. This was over one third of the 26 medals Team Canada won in Vancouver. In short track speed skating, Charles Hamelin and Franҫois-Louis Tremblay won gold and bronze respectively in the men’s 500m. They also teamed up with Franҫois Hamelin, Gu...
On 16 February 2010, Maëlle Ricker won gold in women’s snowboard cross, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games in Canada and the first Canadian woman to win gold in snowboarding. In men’s snowboarding, Jasey-Jay Andersonbecame the oldest gold medalist in Olympic snowboarding history when he won the men’s parallel ...
For the first time in Olympic history, bobsledders from the same nation won gold and silver in women’s bobsled. Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won gold, while Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown won silver. Moyse became the first woman from Prince Edward Island to win an Olympic medal. (Bobsledder Dave McEachern became the first Oly...
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moirmade figure skating history on 22 February 2010 by becoming the first ice dance team from North America to win Olympic gold. Performing to romantic music from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, the 20-year-old Virtue and 22-year-old Moir also became the youngest figure skaters to win an Olympic gold medal in ice dance. Ca...
For the second consecutive Olympic Winter Games, Canada won the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling. The Edmonton-based team of skip Kevin Martin, third John Morris, second Marc Kennedy, lead Ben Hebert and fifth Adam Enright had a perfect record of 11 wins and zero losses and outscored their opposition 87–42. Canada defeated France 12–5, Denmark 1...
For the second time in three Olympic Winter Games, Canada won gold in men’s and women’s hockey. The Olympic women’s hockey tournament was very popular, with 162,419 fans attending — the highest attendance ever at an international women’s hockey tournament. The Canadian women won all five of their games and outscored their opponents 48–2. In the eli...
Like the gold medal game in men’s hockey, the closing ceremonies brought in huge television ratings. A total of 14.3 million Canadians watched the event, making it the second most watched program in Canadian television history. The ceremonies, held at BC Place Stadium, included musical performances by Neil Young and Michael Bublé, as well as appear...
Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before — in music, film and TV, literature, visual art, dance, theatre and everything in between. From ...
“2010 has been a great year for Canada. Our number-one priority was and continues to be the economy, protecting jobs and providing economic stability and financial security for Canadians,” the Prime Minister said.
Jun 25, 2010 · Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prince Philip, made her 22nd official royal visit to Canada from June 28 to July 6, 2010. The royal couple visited five Canadian cities over nine days.
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This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. 2010 in Canada by province or territory (13 C)
