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Lt. Caroline Pollock from Calgary, Alberta of the Canadian Counter Improvised Explosive Device Squadron (CIED), is seen as she sets up an IED for training purposes at Camp Hero in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.

Megan Gunning of Calgary, Alta., Canada, competes during the women's skiing superpipe skiing final round at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo., on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010.

Cpl. Tyson Edworthy, right, from Calgary, Alberta and Sgt. Jim Collins, left, from Kamloops, British Columbia from the Canadian Army Reservists attached to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry patrol during an operation in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010.

WINDSOR, ON - JANUARY 20: Matt MacKenzie #5 of Team Orr poses for a portrait prior to the 2010 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects game on January 20, 2010 at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario. MacKenzie plays for the Calgary Hitmen (WHL).

Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards down the halfpipe with the Olympic flame at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.

Torchbearer Stewart McDonough carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame up a chairlift at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.

Torchbearer Stewart McDonough carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame up a chairlift at past the ski jump tower at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.

Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame past fans at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.

Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards down the halfpipe with the Olympic flame at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.

Former Olympic speedskater Susan Auch skates around the Olympic Oval, site of the 1988 Calgary Olympic speed skating event, with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Auch won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in the 3000-meter relay event.

Former Olympic speedskater Susan Auch, bottom right, accepts the Olympic flame before skating around the Olympic Oval, site of the 1988 Calgary Olympic speed skating event, with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Auch won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in the 3000-meter relay event.

Former Olympic speedskater Susan Auch, right, passes the Olympic Oval, site of the 1988 Calgary Olympic speed skating event, with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Auch won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in the 3000-meter relay event.

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, Italian ski great Alberto Tomba, left, and cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa talk at Rome's Villa Madama during a ceremony for the athletes who will participate in the next Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Rome. Tomba is literally trying to pick up the Italian ski team and put it on his shoulders. The Italians are still bitter after failing to win a medal in Alpine at their home games in Turin four years ago and are hoping a chance of scenery will help. Looking for that extra bit of inspiration, the Azzurri will hold their pre-Olympic camp in Nakiska, Alberta, the slopes where Tomba burst onto the international scene with two gold medals at the 1988 Calgary Games.

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010, file photo Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, at left, and skiing great Alberto Tomba, in background with gray suit, pose for a photo during a reception for athletes who will participate in the next Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Rome. Alberto Tomba is literally trying to pick up the Italian ski team and put it on his shoulders. The Italians are still bitter after failing to win a medal in Alpine at their home games in Turin four years ago and are hoping a chance of scenery will help. Looking for that extra bit of inspiration, the Azzurri will hold their pre-Olympic camp in Nakiska, Alberta, the slopes where Tomba burst onto the international scene with two gold medals at the 1988 Calgary Games.

Thousands attend at Olympic Plaza in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, to welcome the Olympic torch back to the city for the first time since the 1988 Calgary Olympics. In honor of the flame coming to the city, the cauldron atop the Calgary tower was lit.

People cheer at the Olympic Plaza in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, to welcome the Olympic torch back since the 1988 Calgary Olympics. In honor of the flame coming back to the city, the cauldron atop the Calgary tower was lit.

Torchbearer Robyn Ainsworth, left, who lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, lights a Vancouver cauldron in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.

Nashville Predators' Patric Hornqvist (27) from Sweden, celebrates his game winning goal with teammates during third period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The Predators won 1-0.

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2010, file photo, China's Zongyang Jia soars during qualifying for the men's aerials event at the World Cup freestyle skiing competition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Canada says it has the best freestyle team in the world and will have the homefield advantage to prove it. It won't be easy, not with China rising to power in aerials and the everything goes nature of skicross, which will make its Olympic debut in Vancouver.

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010, file photo, Vincent Marquis, from Canada, skis to a second-place finish during the men's final at the World Cup freestyle moguls skiing event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Canada says it has the best freestyle team in the world and will have the homefield advantage to prove it. It won't be easy, not with China rising to power in aerials and the everything goes nature of skicross, which will make its Olympic debut in Vancouver.