First Nations leaders, Olympic committees give update on Vancouver 2030 Winter Games bid

First Nations leaders and Olympic officials are set to give an update Friday morning on their bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in B.C.

Leaders from the Lil̓wat7úl (Líl̓wat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, as well as members of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee are holding a news conference at the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver to discuss the bid.

The news conference will start at 11 a.m. Pacific time.

On Thursday, the B.C. government announced it would not be supporting the proposal, which leaves the bid — led by the four First Nations, Olympic committees, and the municipalities