The Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay has been making its way through the vast land of Canada for 26 days.
The Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay has been making its way through the vast land of Canada for 26 days.
The northern component of the relay reached its completion in Newfoundland and Labrador, where it was met with inclement weather but excited crowds.
On day 15, the torch reached its most easterly point, touching down in the town of St Johns, edged by the Atlantic Ocean. Among the highlights of the day were Olympic gold medallist and local athlete Mike Adam, sliding across the ice at the St Johns Curling Club – flame in one hand, broom in the other.
After a number of days in which the torch brought together sport and culture in this unique part of Canada, the flame journeyed across the water to the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
For seven days, people came out to see the relay in which Olympians such as Heather Moyse (bobsleigh) and Sarah Conrad (snowboard) ran alongside ordinary citizens and inspirational youngsters such as 19-year-old Emma MacEachern who is using her determination to again play ice hockey to help her recover from spinal tumour surgery.
After a scenic last leg through Prince Edward Island National Park, the relay has headed to New Brunswick, en route to the French Canadian territory of Quebec.
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