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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The 2017 Canada Games flame gets installed and tested today near the Manitoba Legislature on Memorial Blvd. The unit was restored to work and a new gas line installed. This 12-foot, free-standing structure on Memorial Boulevard in Winnipeg, also known the Centennial Flame or the “fire of friendship,” was erected in 1967 in commemoration of the Canadian Centenary. from: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/centennialtorch.shtml STANDUP June 2, 2017