Olympics: Vancouver and Canada

olympics: Canadian athletes racked up 26 medals, including 14 gold, in Vancouver, both records for Team Canada, according to CTV. According to Google statistics, the Vancouver Olympics was the top-trending search in 2010, with the men's and women's hockey gold medals and figure skater Joannie Rochette's bronze medal emerging as some of the most-searched moments of the Games. CTVNews.ca spoke with Google Canada spokesperson Alexandra Klein to break down the biggest trending topics of the decade 10. 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS Canada emerged as a force in the Winter Olympics when Vancouver hosted the Games to kick off the decade in 2010. Klein said the searches regarding the 2010 Olympics showed that Vancouver was experiencing a coming of age as a city. FORT MCMURRAY WILDFIRE In May 2016, wildfires ravaged Fort McMurray, Alta., forcing a complete evacuation of the city and destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings. The conversation around the Olympics was a lot about Vancouver becoming an internationally recognized city, a world-class city, she said. 9. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.