Canada Winter Games Torch Relay moves into central Alberta

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On January 31, the Torch Relay will make a stop in Olds.

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Lacombe and area residents are invited to join the celebration and cheer on local torchbearers on Saturday, February 2.

Seven Lacombe torchbearers will carry the torch on a loop around Cranna Lake beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Michener House Museum. The relay will pass through downtown, up along Woodland Drive before winding its way past the Central Alberta Christian High School, Lacombe Composite High School and the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex on its way down to for a special ceremony at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. The festivities officially kick off at 12:30 p.m. For further details visit www.lacombe.ca

Next stop on the Torch Relay is Sylvan Lake on February 5.

Ponoka is the final stop on the national torch relay before it arrives in Red Deer for the opening of the 2019 Canada Winter Games on February 15.

Ponoka residents are invited to join the celebration and cheer on nine local torchbeaers on Thursday, February 7 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Ponoka Stampede grounds and returning back to the Stampede grounds about an hour later. The public is invited to a formal ceremony and celebration afterwards at the Stagecoach Saloon at 12:30 p.m.

The torch relay will pass through Downtown Ponoka along 50 St. before winding its way past Ponoka Secondary Campus, Ponoka Elementary School and St. Augustine School as it circles back to the Stampede grounds.

“As co-sponsors of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, the Town of Ponoka and the Ponoka Stampede were selected as the final stop on the torch relay when all the excitement is reaching its peak just before the Games begin the following week,” says Ponoka Mayor Rick Bonnett.

For more information visit www.ponoka.ca

For the complete MNP Canada Games Torch Relay schedule and information of torchbearers, visit www.canadagames.ca/2019/mnptorchrelay
 

(Gary McKinnon)