The Canada Games has announced the official torchbearers for the Orangestore 2025 Canada Games Torch Relay.
One-hundred-and-thirty people were chosen from among more than 500 nominations received to carry the torch through Nova Scotia and across Newfoundland and Labrador.
The relay began June 11th on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
A full list and biographies of the torchrunners can be found at the official Canada Summer Games site.
The relay stops in Newfoundland and Labrador include:
Channel-Port aux Basques – June 28
Torch Relay begins: 1:00 p.m. Start: Martine Atlantic Dock End: Orangestore, 20 High St
Stephenville – June 30
Torch Relay begins: 11 a.m. Start: North Atlantic – 157 Main St End: YMCA Stephenville
Corner Brook – July 1
Torch Relay begins: 8:30 a.m. Start: Corner Brook City Hall End: Corner Brook Civic Centre (’99 Legacy Centre)
Rocky Harbour – July 2
Torch Relay begins: 11:00 a.m. Start: Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse End: Rocky Harbour Town Square
Other Torch Relay Dates:
- North West River/Sheshatshiu – July 9
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay – July 10
- Grand Falls-Windsor – July 16
- Gander – July 17
- Clarenville – July 18
- Whitbourne – July 19
- Conception Bay South – July 23
- Paradise – July 25
- Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove – July 28
- Mount Pearl – July 29
- St. John’s – August 1
