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December 7, 2009 - Ottawa, Ontario
Minister of State Lunn participates in the announcement of the Ontario Art Bottle artist.
Minister of State Lunn is joined by artist Elliot Doxtater-Wynn and Chief Rick Simon at the Coca-Cola event.
December 2, 2009 - Ottawa, Ontario
Minister of State Lunn Celebrates the 100-Day Countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games at a Sledge Hockey Demonstration organized for AccessAbility Day by the City of Ottawa at the Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa, December 2, 2009.
Minister of State Lunn joins Paralympic mascot Sumi to celebrate 100 days to go before the start of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
The 100-day Paralympic countdown was celebrated today with (top row, from left to right) Dennis Jackson, Chair of the Board of Directors of United Way Ottawa; Minister of State Lunn; Paralympic Mascot Sumi; John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; Michael Allen, President and CEO United Way Ottawa; Donna Gray, Director of Organizational Development and Performance for the City of Ottawa; Richard Plummer, Director, Inclusion, United Way Ottawa; Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager, City of Ottawa; Graham Gaylord, Program Analyst, The Ottawa Hospital; Henry Storgaard, CEO of the Canadian Paralympic Committee; and Paralympic Sledge hockey athletes (bottom row, from left to right): Jean Labonté, Todd Nicholson, Benoit St-Amand, Hervé Lord and Graeme Murray.
Minister of State Lunn gets ready for a friendly sledge hockey match with Paralympic sledge hockey athletes.
November 18, 2009 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Minister of State Lunn Takes Part in the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration, Halifax, November 18, 2009.
Minister of State Lunn joins snowboarder and torchbearer Sarah Conrad, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, VANOC’s Jim Richards, Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor Peter Kelly, and Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Halifax.
November 8, 2009 - Churchill, Manitoba
Minister of State Lunn Takes Part in the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Churchill, Manitoba.
Minister of State Lunn joins Canadians in Churchill to celebrate the passage of the Olympic Torch in the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”
November 4, 2009 - Washington, DC
The Embassy of Canada in Washington celebrates the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Winter Games.
On the occasion of the celebration of the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, is welcoming the world to Vancouver.
November 4, 2009 - Ottawa, Ontario
Minister of State Lunn celebrates the 100-Day Countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Celebrations for the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games took place in front of the Olympic Winter Games Countdown Clock at the National Capital Infocentre.
Minister of State Lunn expresses his enthusiasm for the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in 100 days.
From left to right: Sue Holloway, former cross-country skier; 2010 Paralympic mascot Sumi; Jeff Bean, former freestyle skier; 2010 Olympic mascot Quatchi; Gaétan Boucher, former speed skater; 2010 Olympic mascot Miga; and the Honourable Nancy Greene Raine, Senator and former Olympic champion.
Top row, from left to right: Sue Holloway, former cross-country skier; the Honourable Nancy Greene Raine, Senator and former Olympic champion; Gaétan Boucher, former speed skater; the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State (Ecomonic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec); Minister of State Lunn; the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages; Jeff Bean, former freestyle skier; and Mary Lemay, CEO of the National Capital Commission. Bottom row, from left to right: 2010 mascots Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi
October 29, 2009 - Athens, Greece
Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony in Athens, Greece.
The Canadian delegation entrusted with the safety of the Olympic Flame. From left to right: Dina Ouellette; John Furlong, VANOC CEO; the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport); Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver; Ken Melamed, Mayor of Whister; and the Honourable Mary McNeil, British Columiba Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC.
October 22, 2009 - Olympia, Greece
Minister of State Lunn Attends Ancient Olympia Lighting Ceremony in Olympia, Greece.
From left to right: John Furlong, VANOC Chief Executive Officer; Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia; Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee; Minister of State Lunn; and Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, Host City for the Games.
September 20, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Minister of State Gary Lunn announcing Government of Canada's investment in a Canada Pavilion at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
August 17, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Official unveiling of Team Canada's new hockey jersey.
Nike, Hockey Canada, VANOC, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) showcased the new Team Canada 2010 hockey jerseys at a news conference in Vancouver.
Nike, in collaboration with Musqueam artist Debra Sparrow, designed a unique jersey that incorporates several icons and cultural symbols of Canada's rich history. The dominant imagery depicted inside the Maple Leaf crest includes smaller maple leaves representing the gold medal counts for our men's, women's and ice sledge hockey teams, as well as a thunderbird and eagle — two powerful First Nations symbols supporting and protecting the central Maple Leaf — and of course the heralded hockey player and stick.
The jerseys also include the official Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games' emblems — a first for a Team Canada hockey sweater — and the official logos of the COC and CPC.
July 13, 2009 – Richmond, British Columbia
Minister of State Lunn Greets the Emperor and Empress of Japan During Their Visit to the Richmond Olympic Oval.
July 3, 2009 – Calgary, Alberta
Minister of State Lunn at the Canada Pavilion during the Calgary Stampede.
Minister of State Lunn and Mrs. Laureen Harper and her daughter, Rachel, were at the Canada Pavilion during the Calgary Stampede along with Nathaniel Miller, athlete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Water Polo, Courtenay Ferguson and Adriano Fisico torchbearers, Vaughn Chipeur, 2010 hopeful in Figure Skating, Renée Smith-Valade of VANOC, as well as Miga, Quatchi and Sumi, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games mascots.
June 25, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Minister of State Lunn Unveils Details of the Paralympic Torch Relay.
At a news conference at VANOC headquarters in Vancouver, details of the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay--including its emblem, uniform, and torch designs--were revealed. Minister of State Lunn was on hand to announce that the Relay will begin in Ottawa, on March 3, 2010. The Relay, supported by the Government of Canada, will involve an estimated 600 torchbearers and will visit several celebration sites across the country.
May 14, 2009 – Ottawa, Ontario
The 2009 Series of the Confederation Boulevard Banners Celebrates the 2010 Winter Games.
April 30, 2009 – Toronto, Ontario
Come Celebrate our Canadian Athletes at local 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Events.
News Release
March 26, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Aboriginal Athletes Poster Launch.
From left to right: Sumi; John Furlong, CEO, VANOC; Sammy Kent and Travis Jones, poster athletes; Gloria Raphael, Principal, Grandview Elementary School; the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport); Quatchi; Deanna George, Elder; and Miga.
March 25, 2009 – Ottawa, Ontario
Photographer: Denis Drever
March 12, 2009
March 12, 2009 – Ottawa, Ontario
Celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
March 12, 2009 – Valcartier, Quebec
Activities held at Canadian Forces Base (CFB), Valcartier, Quebec, as part of the One-Year Countdown to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
March 11, 2009 – Valcartier, Quebec
Celebrations at the Canadian Forces Base, Valcartier, Quebec.
March 10, 2009 – Gatineau, Quebec
Celebrations at Terrasses de la Chaudière, Gatineau, Quebec.
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), and John Furlong, CEO of VANOC, meet employees of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
March 6, 2009 – Calgary, Alberta
2009 Canadian Men's Curling Championship.
The picture is a courtesy of the Canadian Curling Association taken by the photographer Andrew Claver.
March 1, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup ice Sledge Hockey competition.
February 24, 2009 – Ottawa, Ontario
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the 36th Canadian Sport Awards.
February 19, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the opening of the Vancouver Olympic / Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park.
The Hillcrest venue is unique in that it will not only be featured at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as the curling venue, but, after the Winter Games, it will become a multipurpose community recreation centre that will include an ice hockey rink, gymnasium, library, and six to eight sheets of curling ice. An aquatic centre with a 50-metre pool and leisure pool to be managed by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation will be constructed as an annex to the new curling venue/community centre.
February 12, 2009
February 12, 2009 – Whistler, British Columbia
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), in Whistler to Celebrate the One-Year Countdown to the 2010 Winter Games.
February 6, 2009 – Cypress, British-Columbia
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
February 2, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Senator Gerry St. Germain participates in the announcement of the 2010 Aboriginal Pavilion plans in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Centered on a 65-foot high inflated multi-media sphere, the pavilion will use the latest technology to showcase the diversity of Aboriginal achievements in art, business, culture, commerce and sport from across Canada. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal visitors will be invited to share in the rich history and culture of Aboriginal people in Canada.
St. Germain; National Chief Phil Fontaine, Assembly of First Nations; President Clément Chartier, Métis National Council; Grand Chief Matthew Mukash, Grand Council of the Cree; Paul Mercer, Nisga'a Lisims Government; and President and Executive Director Tewanee Joseph, Four Host First Nations Society (with his back to the photo).
January 23, 2009 – Calgary, Alberta
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), with Roger Jackson, CEO of Own the Podium 2010, and his staff at their Calgary office.
Own the Podium 2010, which was launched in January 2005, is a national sport initiative whose objective is to help Canada's winter sport athletes win the most medals at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the WinSport Canada event in Calgary Alberta.
January 18, 2009 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the 2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.
The 2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is back on the ice this year in Saskatoon. It is a treat for any skating fans to see the cream of the crop of Canadian skaters. The event was held from January 14 to January 18, 2009 at the Credit Union Arena. The performances of the athletes will determine who will represent Canada at the next ISU World Figure Skating Championships, ISU Four Continents Championships and ISU World Junior Championships.
January 17, 2009 – Whistler, British Columbia
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), at the 2009 FIS Nordic Festival Cross-Country World Cup event.
January 16, 2009 – Whistler, British Columbia
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), speaking at the opening ceremonies of the 2009 FIS Nordic Festival at Whistler Olympic Park.
The Canadian athletes and officials were getting warmed-up for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at the 2009 FIS Nordic festival. Nearly 10,000 spectators were gathered to catch a peak of the excitement. The Canadian athletes had six top-10 finishes in three men's and women's races. The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport) participated in the opening ceremonies encouraging the athletes at Whistler Olympic Park
January 13, 2009 – Burnaby, British Columbia
Minister Moore officially launches Canada Day Poster Challenge 2009.
Minister Moore officially launches Canada Day Poster Challenge 2009. The Poster Challenge allows young Canadians aged 5 to 18 to present their vision of Canada through visual art. With the approach of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, this is an ideal time for them to show their enthusiasm for this year's theme, "With Glowing Hearts".
