Mayor Sam Katz has announced the bearer to carry the Olympic Torch when it passes through Winnipeg 0n January 7, 2010.
He is 14-year old Noah Palansky. Noah raised 14-thousand dollars for CancerCare in just three weeks. After his mother was diagnosed with cancer in April 2008, he has pledged to raise one million. Former Olympic rower Sandra Kirby as well as University of Manitoba Winnipeg President Lloyd Axworthy will also carry the torch.
Hit the jump for a full route of the Canadian 2010 Torch Relay
1. Before October 30: Olympia, Greece
2. October 30: Victoria, British Columbia loop
3. October 31: Victoria to Nanaimo
4. November 1: Nanaimo to Tofino
5. November 2: Tofino to Campbell River
6. November 3: Campbell River to Whitehorse, Yukon
7. November 4: Whitehorse to Inuvik, Northwest Territories
8. November 5: Inuvik to Yellowknife, briefly entering Nunavut
9. November 6: Yellowknife to Cold Lake, Alberta
10. November 7: Cold Lake to Thompson, Manitoba, going through Saskatchewan
11. November 8: Thompson to Alert, Nunavut
12. November 9: Alert to Iqaluit
13. November 10: Iqaluit to Gaspé, Quebec
14. November 11: Sept-Îles to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
15. November 12: Happy Valley-Goose Bay to St. John’s
16. November 13: St. John’s loop
17. November 14: St. John’s to Grand Falls-Windsor
18. November 15: Grand Falls-Windsor to Channel-Port aux Basques
19. November 16: Channel-Port aux Basques to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
20. November 17: Port Hawkesbury to Truro
21. November 18: Truro to Halifax, Nova Scotia
22. November 19: Halifax loop
23. November 20: Halifax to Lunenburg
24. November 21: Lunenburg to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
25. November 22: Charlottetown to Summerside
26. November 23: Summerside to Moncton, New Brunswick
27. November 24: Moncton to Saint John
28. November 25: Saint John to Fredericton
29. November 26: Not travelling, staying in Fredericton.
30. November 27: Fredericton to Bathurst
31. November 28: Bathurst to Edmundston
32. November 29: Edmundston to Rimouski, Quebec
33. November 30: Rimouski to Baie-Comeau, Quebec
34. December 1: Baie-Comeau to Saguenay
35. December 2: Saguenay to Quebec City
36. December 3: Quebec City to Lévis
37. December 4: Lévis to Saint-Georges
38. December 5: Saint-Georges to Sherbrooke
39. December 6: Sherbrooke to Trois-Rivières
40. December 7: Trois-Rivières to Longueuil
41. December 8: Longueuil to Beaconsfield
42. December 9: Beaconsfield to Mont-Tremblant
43. December 10: Mont-Tremblant to Montreal
44. December 11: Montreal to Gatineau
45. December 12: Gatineau to Ottawa, Ontario
46. December 13: Ottawa loop
47. December 14: Ottawa to Kingston
48. December 15: Kingston to Peterborough
49. December 16: Peterborough to Oshawa
50. December 17: Oshawa to Toronto
51. December 18: Toronto to Brampton
52. December 19: Brampton to Hamilton
53. December 20: Hamilton to Niagara Falls
54. December 21: Niagara Falls to Brantford
55. December 22: Brantford to Chatham
56. December 23: Chatham to Windsor
57. December 24: Windsor to London
58. December 25: Not travelling, staying in London.
59. December 26: Not travelling, staying in London.
60. December 27: London to Kitchener
61. December 28: Kitchener to Owen Sound
62. December 29: Owen Sound to Barrie
63. December 30: Barrie to North Bay
64. December 31: North Bay to Val-d’Or, Quebec
65. January 1, 2010: Val-d’Or to Timmins, Ontario
66. January 2: Timmins to Sault Ste. Marie
67. January 3: Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay
68. January 4: Thunder Bay to Kenora
69. January 5: Kenora to Winnipeg, Manitoba
70. January 6: Winnipeg loop
71. January 7: Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie
72. January 8: Portage la Prairie to Brandon
73. January 9: Brandon to Regina
74. January 10: Regina to Swift Current
75. January 11: Swift Current to Saskatoon to Prince Albert
76. January 12: Prince Albert to Lloydminster
77. January 13: Lloydminster to Edmonton, Alberta
78. January 14: Not travelling, staying in Edmonton.
79. January 15: Edmonton to Red Deer
80. January 16: Red Deer to Medicine Hat
81. January 17: Medicine Hat to Lethbridge
82. January 18: Lethbridge to Calgary
83. January 19: Calgary to Airdrie
84. January 20: Airdrie to Banff
85. January 21: Banff to Golden, British Columbia
86. January 22: Golden to Cranbrook
87. January 23: Cranbrook to Nelson
88. January 24: Nelson to Osoyoos
89. January 25: Osoyoos to Kelowna
90. January 26: Kelowna to Revelstoke
91. January 27: Revelstoke to Kamloops
92. January 28: Kamloops to Williams Lake
93. January 29: Williams Lake to Prince George
94. January 30: Prince George to Smithers
95. January 31: Smithers to Fort St. John
96. February 1: Fort St. John to Prince Rupert
97. February 2: Prince Rupert to Port Hardy
98. February 3: Port Hardy to Powell River
99. February 4: Powell River to Squamish
100. February 5: Squamish to Whistler
101. February 6: Whistler to Merritt
102. February 7: Merritt to Abbotsford
103. February 8: Abbotsford to Surrey
104. February 9: Surrey to Richmond
105. February 10: Richmond to West Vancouver, British Columbia
106. February 11: West Vancouver to Vancouver
107. February 12: Within Vancouver to BC Place Stadium
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