The storytellers who will be delivering coverage of the Olympic Games to Canadians will also be delivering the Olympic Flame to communities across the country, as RBC today named 27 broadcasters from Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium as torchbearers on the RBC Olympic Torch Relay team.

"RBC is proud to bring the Olympic Torch Relay to more than a thousand communities, connecting all Canadians to Vancouver 2010," said Jim Little, Chief Brand and Communications Officer, RBC.

"Adding some of Canada's finest storytellers to our team of torchbearers will help prove that a single flame can warm the hearts of an entire nation."

The list of torchbearers will include a who's who of Canadian broadcasters and journalists from CTV, TSN, RDS, Discovery Channel and The Globe and Mail, including TSN personalities Jennifer Hedger, James Duthie, Michael Landsberg and Dave Randorf, RDS's Denis Casavant and Chantal Machabée, Globe and Mail and CTVOlympics.ca columnist Stephen Brunt, and CTV/TSN's Brian Williams, who has covered the Olympic Games since 1976.

"I've been involved in 12 Olympic Games, but have never carried the torch. The torch means so much to the people of Canada and it is a true honour for me to be running in the city in which I was born," said Williams, Host of Olympic Prime Time on CTV, who will be running in Winnipeg.

"It is a privilege for our Olympic Games broadcast team to carry the torch in various communities across Canada on behalf of RBC and to share the Olympic Games spirit and passion with neighbourhoods throughout the country," said Keith Pelley, President, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

"RBC has been a committed partner of the Olympic movement and amateur sports for more than 60 years, and its dedication and efforts are to be admired."

RBC's Olympic Torch Relay Team

CTV, TSN, RDS, Discovery Channel and The Globe and Mail

· Brian Williams - Host, Olympic Prime Time on CTV - Winnipeg (Jan. 5)

· Jennifer Hedger - Whistler Host, Olympic Prime Time on CTV - Port Colborne, ON (Dec. 21)

· James Duthie - Co-Host, Olympic Daytime on CTV - Hull, QC (Dec. 12)

· Lisa LaFlamme - Co-Host, Olympic Daytime on CTV - Ingersoll, ON (Dec. 27)

· Michael Landsberg - Whistler Host, Olympic Daytime on CTV - Squamish, BC (Feb. 5)

· Denis Casavant - Host, Olympic Prime Time on RDS - Saint-Romuald, QC (Dec. 4)

· Chantal Machabée - Host, Olympic Daytime on V - Les Rivières, QC (Dec. 3)

· Dave Randorf - Host, Olympic Daytime on TSN - Strathroy, ON (Dec. 24)

· Sandie Rinaldo - Anchor, CTV National News - Truro, NS (Nov. 18)

· Stephen Brunt - Olympic Columnist, CTVOlympics.ca and Globe and Mail - Pasadena, NL (Nov. 15)

· Beverly Thomson - Co-Host, Canada AM - Belleville, ON (Dec. 15)

· Ben Mulroney - Host, eTalk - Baie-Comeau, QC (Nov. 30)

· Tanya Kim - Host, eTalk - White River, ON (Jan. 3)

· Christine Bentley - News Anchor, CTV Toronto - Oshawa, ON (Dec. 17)

· Ken Shaw - News Anchor, CTV Toronto - Oshawa, ON (Dec. 17)

· Carol Anne Meehan - News Anchor, CTV Ottawa - Ottawa (Dec. 12)

· Carolyn Waldo - Sports Reporter/Anchor, CTV Ottawa - Ottawa (Dec. 12)

· Daryl McIntyre - News Anchor, CTV Edmonton - Cold Lake, AB (Nov. 6)

· Carrie Doll - News Anchor, CTV Edmonton - Wetaskiwin, AB (Jan. 15)

· Barb Higgins - News Anchor, CTV Calgary - Calgary (Jan. 19)

· Dan Viau - Videographer, CTV Atlantic - Charlottetown (Nov. 21)

· Liz Rigney - Reporter, CTV Atlantic - Alma, NB (Nov. 24)

· Mark Rogstad - News Anchor, CTV Saskatchewan - Vanscoy, SK (Jan. 11)

· Tony Ryma - News Anchor, CTV Sudbury - Powassan, ON (Dec. 30)

· Michelle Tonner - News Anchor, CTV Sudbury - Iroquois Falls, ON (Jan. 1)

· Kyle Christie - News Anchor, CTV Kitchener - Tavistock, ON (Dec. 27)

· Jay Ingram - Co-Host, Daily Planet on Discovery Channel - Kelowna, BC (Jan. 25)