Global National: Aug. 11, 2024 | Olympics 2024 wraps up with extravagant Paris closing ceremony

After a whirlwind couple of weeks that saw Team Canada’s most successful performance ever, the 33rd Olympic summer games in Paris have officially come to an end. Athletes and spectators from around the world gathered for the closing ceremonies in the French capital, celebrating an Olympics that has been nothing short of exciting. Crystal Goomansingh has the details.

For the French, who had just come off a divisive legislative election, it was a moment of unity and national pride, as well as a showcase to the rest of the world. There were 9.5 million tickets sold to Olympic events, with spectators travelling to Paris from all over the world. Nearly 850 medals were awarded, including 27 to Canada. At its peak, there were nearly 12,000 athletes gathered at the Olympic Village, where 4,000 pastries, 600 baguettes, and 3,000 muffins were served every day. Redmond Shannon recounts the successful Olympics run for Canada, France, and the world.

In Quebec, several municipalities remain under a state of emergency after post-tropical storm Debby dumped record amounts of rain across the province. Two days after the storm, thousands of residents remain without electricity and many are just starting to pump out flooded homes and basements. Matilda Cerone reports.

Ukrainian troops have advanced close to 30 kilometres inside Russia, six days after their surprise military incursion. For the first time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged the attack that is aiming to push the war into Russia's territory. Joe Scarpelli has the latest.

In the heart of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is an industry that faces a bitter crisis. In a shock to local farmers, the B.C. Tree Fruit Cooperative has shut its doors. The closure leaves many farmers without a distribution channel or storage options, meaning fruit that can't be packed or sold may simply go to waste. The province has promised support, including an emergency task force and a list of alternative packing facilities. However, many of these facilities are already at full capacity. Neetu Garcha explains.

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[lancecahill]

Is the closing ceremony as terrible as the opening ceremony?

[libnizhr]

Nothing to celebrate about these olympics

[TM-frgh]

The most demoralizing Olympics in history

[Great_Sandwich]

Goodbye, Paris. Your opening ceremonies were a travesty. Your food for athletes was insufficient and even wormy. Your Riviere Seine was fetid and contaminated. The accommodations were abysmal, requiring athletes to sleep outside at times. Good riddance to you.

[tylesveque]

Only thing that ruined the Olympics was the alphabet

[leslieannvanhumbeck]

Shame on them for that blasphemous Opening Ceremony. They owe two billion Christians a formal apology.

[PaxtonNgugi]

Arop was a born Kenyan winning for Canada

[LorneCooper-gi]

Thank God the woke olimpics are over, I never watched the Olympics at all . I could care less .

[John-umz]

Coop should jump in and take over B.C. Fruits for distrubution, even for the the 3 western provinces to facilitate a distribution centre/platform for Western Canada( I hate to say let alone, given how the B.C. orchards have shrunk due to land sales for housing), The Okanagan used to have superior fruit, apples, cherries, peaches(Kelowna peachfest), apricots, nectarines, plumbs, etc...please step in and save our fall harvest expirience within the westen provinces at least!!! We really miss it!!!

[douglaswalma]

cannot reach your municipality on the weekends??? what world are we living in if we think nothing bad can happen on saturday or sunday? pathetic. this world need to WAKE UP!

[doogiedoesyoutubable]

The opening ceremony proves that satanism is alive and well.
G'Bless Humanity.

[tylesveque]

Not a hint of what's going on in the rest of Europe

[irenehunt]

If you are a true Christian and believer you would have absolutely nothing to do with this blasphemy and satanism. Please protect the innocents…

[AnwerHashimSamnani]

May Love Peace Prevail In The World....

[eshep]

Didn't the creator of Lulu intentionally use a brand name that Asians couldn't say?

[Resologist]

An event for rich people to be entertained by sports. This was not why the Olympic games were re-established. It's turned into a circus, with cheating and drugs.

[debbiedaley]

ITS INTENTIONAL. THERE TRYIN TO WAKE HIMANITY UP TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOIN ON . N FOR PEOPLE TO STOP WORSHIPPING FALSE GODS. SOURCE IS ALL THERE IS. U R SOURCE. WE R ALL ONE. NO ONE SHOULD WORSHIP ANYONE OR ANYTJING OTHER THAN THAN SELVES. ITS ALL INTENTIINAL TO WAKE PEOPLE UP

[bushellan]

How can a province that receives billions of dollars in welfare subsidies from their peers in federation and continuously voices concerns about climate change not do more to prepare for this inevitable situation. This is only going to continue to get worse. Shame on the provincial government for not doing more to help the municipalities prepare.

[PenguinExpeditions]

Hopefully LA will make it with this low culture, it’s just sad to watch it

[louisecorchevolle]

the great Ukrainian high jump champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh was not even allowed to carry the standard at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. She had been criticized by Ukrainian neo-Nazis