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Updated Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:47 am TWN, AP

Canada boosts bilingual effort for 2010 Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Canadian government will foot more of the bill for bilingual services at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Federal Heritage Minister James Moore announced US$7.7 million in new funding for the Olympics just hours after reports raised concerns that the organizing committee was out of cash to meet the commitment.

Federal official languages commissioner Graham Fraser said in his report that without additional funds, it would be difficult to provide all public information about the games in both official languages of French and English.

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