Daily Highlights
Day 101 Highlights
September 24, 2009 – the torch relay made its way from Merritt to Abbotsford on a gorgeous afternoon. Torchbearers proudly walked the streets as crowds cheered them on. While the enthusiasm was certainly there, one important thing was missing. >>>
Day 100 Highlights
At 21 years old, Treanna Delorme has a lot to look forward to. The first year UBC student is an accomplished athlete with Olympic ambitions. Today, her and a group of 19 other like-minded athletes got a taste of the Olympics as Vancouver 2010 torchbearers. >>>
Days 99 Highlights
Speckles of white lights lit the skier’s plaza in Whistler Friday night as the Olympic Flame dazzled the thousands of people who surrounded the stage to catch a glimpse of the action. >>>
Days 98 Highlights
With an ear to ear smile and her blond hair tied in pigtails beneath her torchbearer toque, Sarah Doherty glowed on stage as she looked out into her cheering community crowd while standing next to the burning cauldron she just lit – as the final community torchbearer for Day 98 in Sechelt, BC. >>>
Days 97 Highlights
Mothers, fathers and grandparents held the hands of their little ones as they danced around a giant crackling fire – smoke ascended through a hole in the roof. Some were dressed in traditional clothing, some had Canadian flags draped around their shoulders. >>>
Days 96 Highlights
Throughout the 95 days of the Olympic Torch Relay, the flame has been blessed over 100 times in Aboriginal communities spanning the country. This morning, over a traditional First Nations welcome in the small island village of Bella Bella, it received five more. >>>
Days 95 Highlights
Jesse Smith had a little help carrying the Olympic Flame in his hometown of Haisla, B.C. Standing in front of a stunning backdrop of fiords, low clouds and the Pacific Ocean, he looks up at his torch and smiles. “My sister recently passed on, so it's an honour to carry this. We're both carrying it right now,” he says. >>>
Days 94 Highlights
Day 94 marks the return of the Olympic Torch Relay to the north. This time to Northern British Colombia. As a light snow was falling on Dawson Creek, the plane landed. The whole city was gathered at South Peace Community Multiplex and was waiting for the arrival of the flame. >>>
Days 92 Highlights
It's the party you don't want to miss. Twice a day, everyday, the Olympic Flame stops for a one-hour celebration in a chosen community along the route. Nothing is held back – there are a variety of local performers ranging from cultural shows to music to dance and sport and everything in between. >>>
Days 91 Highlights
When you're on a 45,000-km journey across a country as big and diverse as Canada, it's important to get rest when you can. While the flame has the chance to slow down every evening in a lantern after the evening celebration, the crew that travels with it day-in day-out must also re-charge. That's where RON comes in. >>>
Days 90 Highlights
One is the CEO of a Canadian institution whose history dates back to the late 1800s — the other is an institution in her own right. Both added a touch of green to the torch relay today. >>>
Days 89 Highlights
Janet Tietzen and her husband are local heroes. Active Kelowna residents, the couple is best known for their 15 year commitment to putting smiles on the faces of children. In the past 15 years, the couple has raised $785,000 to send sick children and their families to Disney Land. >>>
Days 88 Highlights
Early in the morning at the Spirit Ridge Estate in Osoyoos, crowds gather at the entrance to the tourist attraction. In the early morning hour it’s dark, but already groups of people are emerging from the buildings and crowds are starting to form. >>>
Days 87 Highlights
As the Olympic Flame made its way through the beautiful Kootenay and Okanagan region of British Columbia the journey was punctuated by the many diverse stories of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torchbearers. >>>
Days 86 Highlights
Rosalie Wilson knows the importance of team work when it comes to hosting an extraordinary event. And, the resident from Creston B.C says she has the best of the bunch. “This is a great group of people,” she smiles, pointing to the cheerful men and women behind her — greeting people at the door, refilling teas and coffees, and dishing out dollops of homemade goodness. >>>
