Cycling charity event raises $7.3 million to support cancer research
South Surrey resident Chris Hilliard was one of 1,500 cyclists from across Canada who set off from Cloverdale Saturday in the Tour de Cure.
"The first year, we talked about it and chickened out, and the second year, we said, 'well, that's BS, let's do it,' and I've been doing it ever since," Hilliard said. "Cancer touches all of us," Hilliard said."My mother died from breast cancer many years ago. My brother-in-law, who has ridden with me now for 11 years, was diagnosed with cancer 12 years ago and was told he'd only had a 10 per cent shot at making five years, and here he is 12 years later."This year is personal for Hilliard as it is his first time riding as a cancer survivor.
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