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Torchbearer Jeremy Reid is seen carrying the Olympic Flame in Wabush, NL, Wed., Nov. 11, 2009. The Olympic Flame which traveled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. — Photo by The Canadian Press |
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Olympic flame commemorates Remembrance Day with stop at Canadian Forces base  
The Canadian Press — Sept-Isle, Que.
The Olympic flame will commemorate Remembrance Day with a stop at CFB Goose Bay.
The torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games will move from Sept-Iles, Quebec, Wednesday morning to the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Wednesday night.
CFB Goose Bay is operated by the Canadian Forces Air Command and while the Olympic flame is there, it will be carried by a 20-person team of all ranks.
Tuesday, the flame was carried through the northern village of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, where one torchbearer took the flame for a ride on a dogsled.
The relay moved to Gaspe, Quebec, later in the day, where torchbearers were serenaded by traditional accordion music and songs known in the region.
The 106-day Olympic torch relay will span 45,000 kilometres and visit more than 1,000 communities.
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