Winter Games torch relay wraps up Friday in Red Deer
The the final leg of the MNP Canada Games Torch Relay will take place Friday, Feb. 15 in Red Deer.
For the first time in the 52-year history of the Canada Games, the torch has made its way across Canada and stopped in nearly 50 communities along the way.
The Torch Relay kicked off in Ottawa where the torch was lit by the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill.
Red Deer torchbearers for the final leg of the Torch Relay on Feb. 15 include: MLAs Barb Miller and Kim Schreiner, City of Red Deer mayor Tara Veer, Red Deer County mayor Jim Wood, Chief Wilton Littlechild, Indigenous advocate Theresa “Corky” Larsen Jonasson, City Manager Craig Curtis, Red Deer College Chairman Morris Flewwelling, philanthropist Gary W. Harris, co-chair of the Games’ Sustainability Committee Rick Van Hemmen, para-athlete Tanner Fandrey, siblings Kentice and Kalian Odongo, City of Red Deer employee and sport enthusiast Shelley Gagnon, Special Olympian Keana Skeels, coach Tim McLenahan, young athlete Erika Driesen, and sport advocate Don Moore.