Who should be Canada’s flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony?

By News Staff

Posted Feb 27, 2010 11:13:26 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Speculation continues over who will carry the Canadian flag at Sunday night’s Closing Ceremony.

It could be Alex Bilodeau, who won Canada’s first gold medal on home soil, Hayley Wickenheiser, captain of our gold medal women’s hockey team, or bronze medallist Joannie Rochette, who lost her mother just days before competing in the Games.

Go to CTVOlympics.ca for the full story.

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