Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2010/2011 | Page 34

FEATURE

Games participants and spectators gather to celebrate youth, culture and sport at the opening and closing ceremonies.

The medals are the highest achievement at the Canada
Games. Over 1,065 will be awarded in Halifax this February.

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In February, 2,700 young athletes will come to
Halifax to compete in 20 sports over 18 days.

SO, WHAT ARE THESE
GAMES ALL ABOUT?
Even though this will be the 23rd
Canada Games, there are still many
Canadians who are not up-to-speed
on what this national event is all about.
The Games got their start in 1967 in
Quebec City where, for the first time in
Canada’s history, 1,800 athletes from ten
provinces and two territories gathered
to compete. Since that time, the Canada
Games have taken place every four
years, alternating between summer
and winter, and hosted on a rotation
to every province and ever y territory.
The mandate of these games, known
as Dreams and Champions, is to inspire
dreams in Canada’s youth, encourage