Category: Sports

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Do insurance costs mean the end of NHL Olympians?

View the video here on your mobile device. Could this be the last Olympics where we see professional hockey players representing their home countries? The answer so far is… maybe. No one is quite sure what will happen in future Olympic games, but there is some speculation that insurance costs may stop National Hockey League [...]

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Win gold, earn $100,000

View the video here on your mobile device. Canada’s summer Olympians now have an extra reason to cheer when their Winter Games compatriots win gold in Vancouver. Toronto investment firm Sprott Asset Management has pledged to donate $100,000 to the Canadian Athletes Now Fund each time a Canadian tops the podium in Vancouver. Twice a [...]

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Canadians think Olympics will go over budget

View the video here on your mobile device. More than three-quarters of Canadians believe the Vancouver Winter Games will be over budget, according to a new Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll. In a survey conducted last month, 84 per cent of those polled indicated the Games will finish in the red, while just three per cent [...]

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Kevin Neufeld: Olympic Profile Part 1 of 2

View the video here on your mobile device.   Today, he is Director of Program Development for the Fusion Performance Group, a company that develops training courses for the financial industry on how to increase sales and improve customer service relationships. But back in 1984 at the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Kevin Neufeld was [...]

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Insuring the Olympics

View the video here on your mobile device. With an event that is expected to feature almost 7,000 participants from more than 120 countries, along with thousands of members of the media and even more visitors, having insurance coverage seems like a safe bet. The XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver are said to be [...]

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