Furlong is not a "racist, a wife-beater and a rapist" insist upset family
By Duncan Mackay
January 23 - John Furlong's family have moved to defend the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010 after he was accused of physically abusing his first wife and raping a common law partner.
January 23 - John Furlong's family have moved to defend the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010 after he was accused of physically abusing his first wife and raping a common law partner.
January 22 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong physically abused his first wife and raped a common-law partner, according to new allegations contained in documents filed at the British Columbia Supreme Court.
January 15 - Three defendants being sued by former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong over an article accusing him of abusing students more than 40 years ago have filed their defence to a court in British Columbia.
November 28 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has launched legal proceedings against the newspaper and reporter who claimed that he abused native students while a volunteer teacher more than 40 years ago, his lawyer has announced.
October 3 - John Furlong, the President and chief executive of the successful Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (VANOC), has continued to deny allegations that he abused students, describing the episode in a statement as both "humiliating and demeaning".
September 30 - John Furlong, who oversaw the successful Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics as its President and chief executive, has claimed that he welcomes an investigation from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) into allegations that he abused first nations students nearly 40 years ago.
March 12 - John Furlong, the chief executive of Vancouver 2010, has been cleared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following a row he started in his new book over the selection of the Canadian city as the host for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
February 11 - A two-hour special, behind-the-scenes documentary to coincide with the anniversary Opening Ceremony of last year's Vancouver Winter Olympics to be aired this weekend will pay tribute to Canada's Olympians.
February 6 - A new report shows that the Metro Vancouver Commerce 2010 Olympic Business Programme brought a total of $306 million (£192 million) in new investment and created 2,558 new jobs in the area, the city's Mayor Gregor Robertson has revealed.
February 5 - The family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the luger killed in training on the eve of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, last year $150,000 (£94,000) insurance payout, it is revealed in a new book.
January 14 - Canada's largest private broadcaster, CTV, has urged people to share their memories of the Vancouver Winter Olympics through videos, photos and stories.
January 6 - The Vancouver Winter Olympics were one of very few events to challenge the National Football League's (NFL) dominance of a new table outlining the United States's most-viewed sports events of 2010.
January 3 - Britain's lead Government department responsible for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics judged last year's Winter Games in Vancouver a success despite transport issues and the volunteers not being given enough food, according to official memos.
December 19 - The organisers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics did not let the global economic crisis prevent them from staging a memorable Games.
