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Wildlife photographers Bill and Jean Dupre have an exhibition of animal pictures from all over the world in Malmesbury Town Hall. The pictures, which include polar bears and leopards, were taken in South Africa, America, Canada and Finland. The couple, from Hullavington, have been joined by fellow villager and portrait photographer Anna Durrant, the in-house photographer for Bowood Estate. On Friday the photographers hosted an open evening for invited guests to see the exhibition, which runs until S  

A small crowd of about 50 gathered outside the Richmond News Tuesday to watch Jean Dupre, director general of Speed Skating Canada, as he raised a 20-foot Canadian flag. As the flag moved up the pole, the crowd broke out into a hearty rendition of O Canada. What began as a small patriotic gesture by the News' sales rep Stephen Murphy, morphed into an initiative embraced by local businesses and the community at large.  

Canada's short-track speedskating team might be favoured to claim a handful of medals at the Vancouver Olympics but it's leaving nothing to chance. On Sunday, members of the squad, including medal favourites Charles Hamelin and Kalyna Roberge, marched outside the Speed Skating Canada House in Richmond, B.C., and entrusted their Olympic dreams to a towering Inukshuk planted nearby. "The giant Inukshuk ... made the trip here with us and will be keeping an eye on our teams as they compete during the Olym

The giant Inukshuk ... made the trip here with us and will be keeping an eye on our teams as they compete during the Olympics   -Jean Dupre

 

That's because the Dutch will be out in force to cheer on their own in speed skating—the favourite sport of the Netherlands. But Jean Dupré, Speed Skating Canada's director general, is encouraging locals to blanket the orange with a sea of red as part of the Canadian Olympic Committee's Paint The Town Red campaign. Locally, that campaign has been spearheaded by Ed Gavsie and his Richmond Spirit of B.C. committee.

People are already showing support by wearing Canada clothing all over them and they’re being respected for it   -Jean Dupre

 

U. S. comic Stephen Colbert, that's who. An unconventional new sponsorship of the U. S. Olympic speed skating team through Colbert's popular late night show, The Colbert Report, had him calling on his fans to donate to the team, promising U. S. victory and throwing in a dig at Canucks. It's kind of unseemly how many Canadians I'm going to have to be dealing with," Colbert said.  

There were smiles of satisfaction mixed with concerned frowns as the Canadian short-track speed skating Olympic team trails ended Tuesday. After 10 days of competition seven skaters have clinched spots on the 10-member team that will compete at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. It will be an anxious few days as a Speed Skating Canada high-performance committee decides which skaters left on the bubble will be awarded discretionary spots.

It was important for us to have the event in the facility   -Jean Dupre