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Games torch lit in Ottawa

The Canada Games Roly McLenahan Torch has been set aflame, lighting the way to Prince George for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
Citizen Staff
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Shari Green, Mayor of Prince George, receives the Canada Winter Games torch from Tom Quinn, Chair of the Canada Games Council (right) as Brett Robinson, Executive Chair of the Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society and Chief Dominic Frederick of Lheidli T'enneh First Nation (far left) look on, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

The Canada Games Roly McLenahan Torch has been set aflame, lighting the way to Prince George for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

As part of Games tradition, the torch was lit from the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill Thursday morning in a ceremony featuring Gov. Gen. David Johnston declaring 2015 as the Year of Sport in Canada.

A delegation from the 2015 Games – which will open in Prince George on Feb. 13 – was on hand in Ottawa, including Mayor Shari Green, representatives from the Lheidli T'enneh and the host society.

The torch relay lands in Victoria on Friday and will work its way up the province before arriving in Prince George on Nov. 4.