Former Prince George Secondary School student completed 30 triathlons in 30 days in July 2017 to raise money for cancer research
Stinson made his mark as an accomplished triathlete in 1989 when he raced his first Penticton Ironman and was fast enough to qualify for the world championship in Hawaii. Twenty years later, he got the news he had Stage 3 multiple myeloma, cancer of the plasma cells in the blood that normally produce antibodies.Instead of moping about his death sentence, it drove him to become as fit as he ever had been.
He was 50 when the back pain he was experiencing led to a blood test that confirmed he had multiple myeloma. He lived for almost 14 more years before he died of the disease in Edmonton on Oct. 18, 2023 at age 63. “He used purpleheart wood, which you can only get in South America and he built that and have my Ukrainian egg collection in there, like 300 eggs. He was really good in shop, it was in his DNA.”
Last year, Canadians donated $800,000 to the Multiple Myeloma March. The goal of the Prince George march is to raise $10,000.
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