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The city encourages all to come out, wear red and cheer on our Olympic torchbearers BY EMIL TIEDEMANN What: Edmonton's Olympic Torch Relay When: Wednesday, January 13th (5-7PM) Where: From Hawrelak Park to Churchill Square L AST week the city revealed the highly-anticipated relay route for the soon-to-be-visiting Olympic flame, which will criss-cross Edmonton on January 13th. The 82-year-old flame will travel 14 kilometres over a two-hour relay, and will be carried by 50 torchbearers, starting at Hawrelak Park at 5PM. From there the torch will reach the Butterdome near the University of Alberta (5:14PM), and then it'll hit Whyte Avenue (5:28PM) before trekking across the Walterdale Bridge to the Alberta Legislature (6PM). It will then be carried down Jasper Avenue and to its destination Sir Winston Churchill Square , where Edmonton-born Olympic speed skater Doreen Ryan (1960 & 1964 Winter Olympics) will use it to light up the community cauldron at about 7PM. The ...

e It is November 11th today, which means Canadians are celebrating the 90th annual Remembrance Day , commemorating the sacrifices made by the armed forces and civilians in times of war, dating all the way back to the First World War (1914-1918). The special day of remembrance (known as Veterans Day in the U.S.) was first dedicated to November 7th by King George V in 1919, stemming from a pair of ceremonial periods of remembrance that were established by Edward George Honey in 1917. Although the official national ceremonies are held each November at the National War Museum in Ottawa, Edmonton hosts various ceremonies throughout the city. The largest of which is held annually at the Universiade Pavilion , better known as the "Butterdome" (pictured below). PHOTO BY EMIL TIEDEMANN e