Canada Summer Games torch lights up Port aux Basques on arrival to Newfoundland

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After being lit connected Parliament Hill, the Canada Games torch has yet reached Newfoundland and Labrador, the state hosting the games this year. The torch volition sojourn 15 communities crossed the state earlier arriving successful St. John's connected Aug 1.

Torch arrived connected Marine Atlantic ferry Saturday

Alex Kennedy · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 29, 2025 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

Woman holds Canada Games Torch connected vessel deck

The torch representing the airy of the 2025 Canada Summer Games has officially arrived successful Newfoundland and Labrador.

The torch was archetypal lit connected Parliament Hill. Membertou, N.S. was the archetypal halt of its journey to the big state of the games and then Marine Atlantic brought it to Port Aux Basques by ferry. Now, the torch volition proceed its circuit making stops successful 15 communities crossed Newfoundland and Labrador earlier arriving successful St. John's connected Aug. 1.

Cheryl Macintosh, a Marine Atlantic adjunct steward of 24 years, ran the last limb to present the torch to the MV Highlanders ferry.

"I deliberation it's the astir honourable happening that idiosyncratic tin bash for specified a large [event]. The Canada Games is everything to me," Macintosh told CBC News Saturday.

The Canada Summer Games are considered the pinnacle of contention for amateur athletes successful Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador volition invited implicit 4,200 participants from crossed the state competing successful 244 events successful 19 sports from Aug. 8-25.

Table with golden items connected plaques

The ferry was afloat of activities for those who went on for the ride, including Indigenous craftwork, a scavenger hunt for children, and a photograph op with the occurrence — which was transferred into a lantern for the journey.

Premier John Hogan welcomed the torch upon its accomplishment successful Port aux Basques on with a assemblage of spectators astatine the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal.

Macintosh said she was moving with some her household and enactment household astatine heart. She applied to beryllium a torchbearer with her son, Adam, successful mind. He celebrated his 40th day connected Sunday.

"He comes down and helium waves to the vessel mundane I'm astatine oversea … it conscionable makes maine arrogant that helium is down maine each the time," she said.

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Former golden medal winners, St. John’s Mayor Danny Breen and Canada Games officials were among the radical gathered to airy the torch from the Centennial Flame connected Parliament Hill. The torch is scheduled to get successful N.L. connected June 28.

"He's going to beryllium with maine today, and I'm doing this for him."

She besides shared a infinitesimal with Heidi Thomas, skipper of the Highlanders, and was welcomed to the ship's platform by cheering co-workers.

"It was a beauteous peculiar moment, for sure," Thomas said. "There's decidedly a consciousness of household present connected board."

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alex Kennedy is simply a integer newsman with CBC Newfoundland and Labrador based successful Corner Brook. He antecedently worked with CBC N.L. successful St. John's, and has a peculiar involvement successful stories astir sports and absorbing people.