The 39th annual Terry Fox Run began in Markham, Unionville, with participants stretching for the run, volunteers scrambling for last minute registration details, and the Markham Concert Band playing in the midst of it. All…
Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse wasn’t participating in the city’s Terry Fox Run Sunday. The sprinter passed by the route of the run at noon, which was when the annual event ended. De Grasse was heading to the Markham Pan Am Centre for a ceremony to honour local Olympians. The city will name a street in De Grasse’s honour. The mayor, Frank Scarpitti, rode along in the convertible.
Frank Scarpitti says he campaigned and reclaimed the Markham mayor’s chair on a winning record. On Monday night, the Town of Markham re-elected him as its mayor.