Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, John Key has today announced that the Government will invest $1 million in this year’s inaugural Winter Games. The event, which will be the Southern Hemisphere’s largest winter sports event, will be held at several venues around the Otago region in August. The event will be known as the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, in line with Tourism New Zealand’s successful international brand. The biennial games will take place at Coronet Peak, The Remarkables,

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One of the many things many Filipino SEO enthusiasts love to do is to publish board exam results . Its not just about getting hits from people searching for specific board exam results but more importantly, its about the joy of seeing a particular post topping the search engines like Google and Yahoo. Board exam results are one of the most effective ways to generate traffics to a blog or website, especially when you flavor it with some search engine optimization strategies (SEO). Perhaps, one

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A US music factory has set up shop in China to produce one of the first Mandarin-singing, Beijing-based, all-American pop stars. The Nettwerk Music Group, which launched megastars Avril Lavigne and Dido, has recently unveiled its latest pop creation… 17-year-old Chloe Wang, who sings in both Chinese and English. Although Wang’s father is Chinese, the American-born teenager grew up in Chicago and did not begin learning Chinese until March this year. She admits the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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COMMENT Dany Heatley has requested that the Ottawa Senatorstrade him, but assistant GM Tim Murray says there haven’t been any serious offers made for the high-scoring left wing. Gillis hopeful for Sedin signings The window is closing on Mike Gillis to land the Sedin twins before they hit the unrestricted free agent market in less than a week. One more ‘mock draft‘ has Klingberg going to the Red Wings, and significant draft figures TSN’s Scott Cullen posted one more

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At just twenty years old, Canadian Alex Harvey had a breakout year in 2008-2009 with two World Cup podium finishes: third in the team sprint in Whistler, and another third in the 50 kilometer classic in Trondheim, Norway. FasterSkier caught up with him just after he finished his afternoon massage at a National Team camp in Canmore. Harvey celebrates as he crosses the line in Trondheim FS: You’re out in Canmore right now training with the National Team. It seems like you have a pretty tig

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