News Source: Macleans
| 21 days ago
A child's rendition of O Canada in Cree and a spirited torch handoff by 20 exuberant runners highlighted day nine of the cross-Canada torch relay. The Olympic flame touched down in Lac La Ronge, Sask., on Saturday to a greeting from the Cree Nation...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 21 days ago
The torch will be carried across Inuit territory by 22 runners to Alert, the Canadian army and weather station which is also the world's northernmost, permanently-inhabited site. The torch, specially-built to resist temperatures of -50 degrees...
News Source: Star Phoenix
| 22 days ago
The Olympic torch will arrive in Saskatchewan today, where it will make its first stop in La Ronge. In a 45,000-kilometre cross-country relay, the Olympic torch is heading for every Canadian province and territory in advance of the 2010 Vancouver...