Sask. Winter Games torch parade and relay announced
For the first time in its history, the Saskatchewan Winter Games will have a two-part torch relay celebration, as announced at Connaught School on Wednesday, Feb. 7 during a school-wide assembly.
There will be a torch parade featuring 30 youth from the Battlefords community on Feb. 15, and then on Feb. 18 there will be a SaskEnergy torch relay with Winter Games alumni Jill Martin, Siobhan Gormley, and Bill Samborski.
The 15 schools in the area have each chosen two representatives they felt reflected the spirit and energy of the games to take part in the parade, making up the 30 youth who will participate beginning 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Civic Centre.
“All the schools are going to line up along the parade route and cheer on their school [representatives] and everybody else and bring that spirit to the games,” Jay Nichol, chair of the torch relay organizing committee and principal at Connaught School, said at the assembly. “We’re lucky we get to participate in the parade.”