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Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program now on sale across Canada
Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program now on sale across Canada
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNov. 13, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- VANCOUVER, Nov. 13 /CNW/ -- Celebrated Canadian authors Douglas Coupland and Roch Carrier are among the major contributors to the Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program, which goes on sale this week across Canada.Designed as a keepsake for Canadians and visiting spectators, the program - in both English and French editions - contains a compelling mix of stories and features capturing the unique spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the athletes and memorable moments from past Games. The 148-page program, priced at $17.85 Cdn. plus taxes, also includes a comprehensive guide to Games venues, schedules, sports, and maps.\"This publication featuring some of this country's best writers is a great souvenir and introduction to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games for spectators and Games fans alike,\" said Dennis Kim, director of licensing and merchandising for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). \"Whether you're looking for information or inspiration, this program delivers and also shows a real sense of the spirit and excitement of Canada's Games!\"The Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program is available at Olympic Stores in Vancouver, Whistler, at the Vancouver International Airport, and online at www.vancouver2010.com/store. They are also available, along with several other Games-related VANOC licensed publications, at the Olympic Superstore at the Bay Downtown Vancouver, as well as Hudson's Bay Company stores, and select retailers across Canada.The program was produced by Vancouver-based Glacier Media Inc. under exclusive license from VANOC.Among the major highlights:- The complete Olympic Games competition schedule, sport profiles foreach Olympic sport, maps showing the location of the competition andceremonies venues in Vancouver and Whistler, and a variety of light-hearted trivia and information about the 2010 Games.- International bestselling novelist and Vancouverite Douglas Coupland,author of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and The GumThief, takes readers on a vivid journey through his Vancouver;- Quebec novelist Roch Carrier, author of the Canadian classic TheHockey Sweater, traces hockey's historic roots and its significancein today's Canada;- Acclaimed Can...