1.   But it took a Canadian gold medalist to push the IOC through the looking glass.

2.   Headliners will be Shepherd Clark and Kathaleen Kelly Cutone, plus Canadian bronze medalist Matthew Hall.

3.   This year the International Olympic Committee included snowboarding in the Winter Games, and a Canadian gold medalist tested positive for a minuscule amount of marijuana.

4.   Canadian gold medalist Ross Rebagliati has tested positive for marijuana use, the Canadian Press news agency reported.

5.   Silken Laumann, a Canadian gold medalist in rowing, tested positive for ephedrine, a banned substance known well by Argentines, at the Pan Am Games.

6.   The event is without Canadian Olympic medalist Curtis Myden, who missed the games because of study commitments.