2011 Canada Games - 283 Days to Go!

Monday, May 3, 2010 - 13:36

SIRC volunteered at the lighting of the 2011 Canada Games torch today to kick off the beginning of the Games torch program.

The Ottawa Visitor Centre was a hive of activity with activities for local schools with performances by Jimmy Rankin and The Sacred Heart Concert Choir. Also on the program were welcoming speeches from the Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay, director of sports, Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection Stephen Gallant, Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Peter Kelly, President and CEO for the Canada Games Council, Sue Hylland and Olympic medalist and Canada Games medalist Jennifer Botterill and three-time Olympic medalist Isabelle Charest.

You can follow the torch program to see where it will end up next. More details can be found at www.canadagames2011.ca/torch