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Olympic Torch arrives delayed but safe on Canadian soil
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by Jessica Tucker | October 30, 2009 at 08:38 am
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Live on CBC News this morning, cameras have been covering the Olympic Torch's arrival by airplane from Greece and it's lighting ceremony here, in Victoria, BC.
"The Olympic flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games touched down at Victoria International Airport more than an hour late on Friday, at around 8:45 a.m. PT."
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/29/bc-olympic-flame-island-arrival.html
An exciting day for Canadians and the world, this torch lit yesterday from the fires at Hera's temple, soon takes off on the Torch Relay across Canada to commence the 2010 Winter Games.
Good Luck to all our Olympians and those visiting from around the world! Welcome to Canada!
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at 10:10 on October 30th, 2009
First two runners -- Katrina le May Doan and Simon Whitfield.
at 10:22 on October 30th, 2009
It is a shame they didn't get some non-athletes to be the first runners, after all
do Katrina and Simon need the limelight? One of the negatives of these
sorts of affairs, it the elitism shown. And what's a summer games athlete
doing in a Winter Games sport. Surely, they could have got some old
down and out Ex-Winter athlete to do the job.
at 10:32 on October 30th, 2009
Thank you both for your updates and comments, I look forwad to seeing what sort of thread unravels from this brief article...