Archive for the 'Torch Relay' Category
Community Choirs Showcased During The Olympic Torch Relay
When I think that hundreds of thousands of choir members across the country can unite their voices to celebrate the union of peoples, it’s just beautiful Source: Gregory Charles, Canadian choir master Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay began its 106-day journey a month ago, more than 1,800 torchbearers have carried the flame over 19,000 [...]
Apply To Become a 2010 Paralympics Torch Relay Torchbearer
I also feel like I’m representing the disabled community. It’s not just me that’s running. Source: Canadian marathon runner Rick Ball All Canadians are invited to apply for a torchbearer spot in the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. The Province of British Columbia is running the contest and today Coca-Cola, RBC, the Government of Canada, and [...]
Step for Step, Canadian Schools Share Passion for Olympic Torch Relay
The Olympic Torch Relay starts on October 30, 2009, but in some Canadian schools, it has already begun. Students at Tomsett Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia, and those at Cusack Elementary School in Sydney, Nova Scotia are attempting to complete the distance covered by the Olympic Torch Relay Route — 45,000 kilometres — before [...]
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay starting point, torch design, uniform and emblem revealed
Three days after the Olympic Flame is extinguished on the West Coast, a new flame will light in Canada’s national capital, Ottawa, sparking the official start and inspirational journey of the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay on March 3, 2010. The 10-day relay, supported by the Government of Canada, will illuminate the extraordinary achievements of Paralympians [...]
Cross-Canada countdown is on for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay
Communities, organizers put finishing touches on plans to engage and inspire a nation Vancouver, BC — Skydivers parachuting in from above, top regional musical performers, giant puppets, a dazzling light show, foot stomping Acadian fiddlin’, towering snow and ice sculptures, a huge tepee, as well as a kazoo band: that is just a sampling of [...]
Celebrating the Olympic Torch Relay through Art
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will visit the community of Lindsay, Ontario on December 16, 2009. To mark this day, art students from four local high schools — Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), I.E. Weldon, St. Thomas Aquinas and Fenelon Falls — created life-sized papier mâché Olympic sport figures. One of 189 community [...]
Olympic Torch Relay update – rerouting
Victoria, British Columbia– As the relay comes to a conclusion after a highly successful first day at the second to last stop at Government House, a large group of protestors were observed by the security and public safety authorities and by the Torch Relay advance team at Government House. The Integrated Security Team implemented a [...]
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay to visit 11 communities in 10 days across Canada starting March 3, 2010 Coca-Cola, RBC, Province of BC join Government of Canada in support of relay
Vancouver, BC— Nine more Canadian communities will celebrate the endless possibilities of the human spirit and the awe-inspiring stories of Paralympic athletes when they welcome the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay, starting on March 3, 2010 in the nation’s capital. The relay, which heralds the opening of the first Paralympic Winter Games in Canada, will [...]
Community choirs showcased during the Olympic Torch Relay
Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay began its 106-day journey a month ago, more than 1,800 torchbearers have carried the flame over 19,000 kilometres, while many community choirs have performed There’s a light/Cette flamme — an original musical piece composed by Canadian choir master Gregory Charles — during daily community celebrations. Performances, which include [...]
