""A handful of families and sports lovers braved the bone-chilling cold Saturday morning to skate at Nathan Phillips Square and cheer on Canada's Olympic athletes in a muted kickoff to the Team Canada FanFest. The coast-to-coast event series seeks to stoke Olympic spirit at home as Team Canada athletes compete in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, according to the Canadian Olympic Committee. Wind chill that dipped to -31 C Saturday morning may have kept most Torontonians at home, but one bundled up sports fan said she made sure to attend the festivities.""
""The Olympic spirit is what I'm here to celebrate," said Mayor Olivia Chow. "We have 206 phenomenal athletes in the Olympics and the Olympics are a place where the best shine," Chow said. "I just admire the skills [and] dedication that these athletes have. They train all their lives for those moments." Chow lauded the Olympic Games as a cause for global unity at a time when the world is "sometimes dark and divisive." "[The] Olympics bring us together and say that we can live in harmony," the mayor said. "That theme of harmony is now more than ever very important.""
A handful of families and sports lovers braved bone-chilling cold to skate at Nathan Phillips Square and cheer on Canada's Olympic athletes at a muted kickoff to the Team Canada FanFest. Wind chill dipped to -31 C, keeping most Torontonians home, but some bundled-up fans attended. Mayor Olivia Chow proclaimed Feb. 7 Team Canada Day, praised 206 Canadian athletes and their dedication, and framed the Olympics as a cause for global unity amid a sometimes dark and divisive world. Quebec's Valerie Maltais secured bronze in the women's 3,000-metre long-track speed skating, Team Canada's first medal. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand opened a new consulate in Greenland amid U.S. interest in the territory.
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