Canada Games Torch Relay kicks off final leg in Grande Prairie
The MNP Canada Games Torch Relay arrived in Grande Prairie Saturday as part of the celebration ahead of the 2019 Canada Games in Red Deer.
CEO of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Scott Robinson said it’s exciting that their games were the first to have a National torch relay.
“We’re really excited about the fact that we are the first Canada Games ever to have a National torch relay as part of our games. In partnership with MNP Canada, we were able to set up a structure to run the torch across the country. We started on October 4 in Ottawa by lighting the torch at the Centennial flame at Parliament Hill where we had the Minister of Sport kick it off.”
The torch has made stops all across the country, and as Robinson added, it only made sense to have Grande Prairie on the loop to kick off the Alberta tour of the relay.