from CBC News:
Olympic torch delayed by Toronto protestersLast Updated: Thursday, December 17, 2009 | 9:19 PM ET
CBC NewsThe Olympic torch relay was delayed and forced to take a different route to Toronto's city centre Thursday evening after a crush of protesters rallied against the Games.
The Olympic flame did eventually make it to its final destination at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto at around 8 p.m., an hour behind schedule. After it arrived, Olympic hockey star Vicky Sunohara carried the torch to the centre of the square and lit a cauldron before thousands of cheering spectators.
"The task of lighting the cauldron at Nathan Phillips Square is a huge privilege for me," she said earlier.
The cauldron will stay lit until the end of the Games.
Not everyone was happy about the presence of the torch in Toronto. Protesters gathered at University Avenue and College Street at about 5:15 p.m. and moved eastward. By about 6:15 p.m. they had spilled onto Yonge Street between College and Dundas Street.
Police cleared Yonge while torchbearers waited to ensure the path had cleared. At 7 p.m., the relay was held up just south Yonge and Bloor streets.
Instead of following the planned route south on Yonge to College, the relay moved west on Wellesley Street, then south on University Avenue, turning on Gerrard Street and stopping at the Hospital for Sick Children. .............(more)
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