As per the tradition of olympic, the then vancouver mayor sam sullivan obtained the olympic flag for the duration of the closing ceremony of the 2006 winter olympics in torino, italy. After that the flag was hosted on february 28, 2006 in a special ceremony which will be on show at vancouver city hall until the olympic opening ceremony next year. The 2010 winter olympics event will be officially opened by governor common michaelle jean in canada.

The canadian olympic association has decided to select vancouver as the canadian campaigner city over calgary for hosting 2010 winter olympics following next year. It’s principal for humans to know that a large total of bidding goes behind the curtain for organizing such winter olympics like the bidding of 2010 winter olympics won by canada to host next year.

Also the mascots for the winter 2010 olympic and the paralympic games were introduced on november 27, 2007 by the olympic association. As the mascots of such nations are inspired by traditional original nations creatures, so the mascots includes: miga – a mythical sea bear, part orca and part kermode bear, quatchi – a sasquatch, sumi – an animal guardian spirit who wears the hat of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty thunderbird and runs on the strong furry legs of the black bear, and mukmuk – a vancouver island marmot.

Also the royal canadian mint is bringing forth a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 2010 winter olypic games, which has partnership with ctv for the duration of these games , and also allowing users to vote on the top 10 canadian olympic winter moments, wherein designs honoring the top three will be included to the series of coins.