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Terry Fox Holds New Relevance in Indigenous Communities

An Indigenous activist participated in her first-ever Terry Fox run Sunday in Kagawong, a town on Manitoulin Island, in central Ontario.

Caeley Genereux, 20, was running for Indigenous community members that have lost their lives due to cancer.
“I will be thinking about my family members who have passed away to cancer. And I will also be thinking about my community. I’ll be running for them, as well,” she said in an interview before the run day.


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Courage Beats Fear: ‘Try like Terry’

Glemena Bettencourt, the organizer of the annual Oak Ridges Terry Fox Run, ran with Fox forty years ago. Since then, the fundraiser has become her life’s purpose. “Me helping Terry changed my life, I believe he saved my life,” Bettencourt said. “For me, meeting him and knowing him, gave me hope.”Fox started his marathon in 1980, committing to run across the country to raise money for cancer research. The marathon ended on September 1, 1980, when the primary cancer spread to his lungs. 


Cancer researcher participates in Terry Fox Run

Helen Burston credits the Terry Fox Research Institute with supporting her work that’s led to a prospective drug to treat ovarian cancer. The scientist and her husband ran in Montreal on Sunday for the 40th…




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Decades of Terry Fox and Sticker Charts

Liana Chamberlain may seem too old, at 28, to be motivated by something as childish as stickers. But the North York woman was proud to place another one on her Terry Fox participation certificate Sunday, after completing the annual Run.


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Terry Fox’s dream lives on despite pandemic

Ann Mantini, a Thorold resident, shows off her 1992 Terry Fox Run shirt as she prepares for her walk on Sunday, Sept.20, 2020. Photo by: Ann Mantini Ann Mantini still recalls watching the news as…


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Canadians trying even after 40 years because Terry Fox asked them to

Kylie Bechberger from Toronto walked a total of 500 kilometres before Sunday’s Terry Fox Run. Bechberger, like many others, has been dedicated to the run and has loved ones who have been affected by cancer.

“I think for me, it was just like a goal that I could set for myself that’s realistic but is also pushing me out of my comfort zone,” said Bechberger, 32, when asked about her motivation behind walking this distance.

Bechberger, who works at a film distribution company, hoped to raise $500 for 500 kilometres. Instead, she went on to raise over $1,200 between the months of May to September.


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Terry Fox Run: 40 years on and going strong

Emma Koster credited her family with pushing her into the Terry Fox Run, but when she reached adulthood Koster took inspiration from Terry Fox on her own terms.  The Terry Fox Run is a family…


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Terry Fox Run unites the whole family

The Payne family has been participating in the Terry Fox Run for about 20 years. They started running as a family of four in Oakville to fundraise for cancer research, and now they keep doing…