(ATR) After honoring one of the founders of the Vancouver Olympics, the 2010 flame heads north through Saskatchewan on Day 74 of the torch relay.
Over the weekend, the Vancouver Olympic torch relay traveled from Manitoba into Saskatchewan and made a poignant stop Jan. 10 in the tiny town of Mortlach to remember native son Jack Poole.
Poole’s widow Darlene carried the torch with a photograph of VANOC’s founding chairman taped to it.
"I'm so proud of Mortlach and the respect they've shown for Jack, and he would have loved to have been here and would have been so proud,” she told the Globe and Mail.
Poole died after a long battle with cancer onOct. 23, hours after the torch was lit in Ancient Olympia. He was originally scheduled to run in Mortlach and even reserved a private jet to fly him there.
VANOC CEO John Furlong donated a plaque placed outside the Poole family home in the town, 110 kilometers west of the provincial capital Regina.
It was Darlene Poole’s second encounter with the Olympic flame. She lit the cauldron at the provincial capital in Victoria, B.C. on the first day of the domestic relay on Oct. 30.
Poole is scheduled to posthumously receive the Olympic order when the IOC meets in Vancouver next month.
Today, the torch relay departs Swift Current and continues through the towns of Kyle, Elrose, Rosetown, Delisle and Vanscoy.
In Saskatoon, a welcome celebration will take place at Kiwanis Memorial Park and will include a community choir.
The flame heads northeast to Wanuskewin Heritage Park and Warman.
Curling Olympian Ken Tralnberg will run with the torch in Hague and pass it forward as it travels through the town of Rosthern.
One torchbearer will carry the Olympic Flame in a wagon pulled by two horses in Duck Lake and wrestling Olympian Viola Yanik is scheduled to carry the flame through the town.
The Olympic Torch reaches its final destination point of the day in the city of Prince Albert located on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the “Gateway to the North”.
A welcome celebration will take place at City Hall Memorial Square. The festivities planned are an Aboriginal welcome, elder prayer and entertainment including a comedian and hip-hop duo Eekwol & Mills.
Tomorrow, the torch travels through 14 towns and will be carried by two Olympians as it reaches the border of Alberta. One torchbearer is scheduled to carry the flame in a snow plow in Lloydminster.
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