The Vancouver Olympics torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will see none of the protests that tarnished the Beijing Games event.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia next week will see none of the protests that tarnished the Beijing Games event two years ago, the Greek Olympic Committee have said.

Human rights activists disrupted the globally televised ceremony in the ancient Olympic stadium in south-western Greece in 2008, triggering a chain reaction of protests which followed the Beijing torch relay on its journey before the Games.

IOC member Dick Pound believes Canada’s chances of hosting another future Olympics could be scuppered if the British Columbia Court of Appeal orders Vancouver 2010 organisers to stage female ski jumping.

At present, a group of female ski jumpers are appealing against a high court decision which ruled that VANOC did not have to stage a competition for them at next February’s Winter Olympics.

The female athletes took VANOC to the high court, arguing that the organising committee were contravening the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by allowing men to jump but not women.

Delta values the tourism treasures of the Kootenay Rockies Region of British Columbia so will continue non-stop service to Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) starting December 19, 2009 from Salt Lake City (SLC).

The short, two hour flight will be available weekly on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday until March 28, 2010.

British Skeleton have accused rivals Canada of gaining an unfair advantage prior to February’s Winter Olympics.

Skeleton is one of Great Britain’s most successful winter sports, with British athletes capturing two medals since it was re-introduced to the Olympic programme in 2002.

Alex Coomber and Shelley Rudman took bronze and silver in Salt Lake City and Turin respectively, while Kristan Bromley claimed the Triple Crown — the World Championships, World Cup and European Championships — in 2008.

Sun Peaks Resorts took a look Down Under to come up with a promotion that will have ski fans salivating.

I Want To Be The Snow Bum is a contest in which the winner will receive all-inclusive stay at the resort for the entire 2009/2010 winter season.

That’s right — the contest doesn’t award a day at the resort; the winner gets three months of powder.