Long wait is over for Canada; first gold medal delights hosts

02/14/10 All hail Alex Bilodeau. Put his face on the loonie. Canada's long national nightmare is over. Bilodeau prevented a six-time-zone nervous breakdown Sunday night when he won the men's moguls. It was the first Olympic gold medal for a Canadian athlete on hallowed home ground across three Olympic Games held here in the Great White North.

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Moir is Canada's golden boy

02/25/10 Scott Moir is Canada's golden good-luck charm. Moir, who with Tessa Virtue won ice-dance gold for Canada, has been present for many of the Canadian medal wins: He watched Jenn Heil win moguls silver while sitting beside Alex Bilodeau, who won gold a day later.[...]

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