Saskatoon's MS Walk had over 300 people participate on Sunday.
held its MS Walk in Saskatoon Sunday to help fundraise for a better quality of life for people living with the disease.
The organization said there was a collective goal of over $4 million in 2024, with the money going towards research and programs and services. Mona Bates, senior director for the Prairies with MS Canada, said the MS Walk has been ran in Saskatchewan for over 25 years.Bates said Canada has the highest rates of MS in the world, adding that there are about 4,000 people in Saskatchewan living with the disease.“In 1992 I was diagnosed with MS and in 2015 I was re-diagnosed with an allied disease,” Pilon said.She said that diagnosis impacted her life and she had to reconsider choices in her life like having a family or her career.
Dr. Katherine Knox, a rehabilitation doctor who specializes in MS, said MS Canada’s support is huge for the research that goes into the disease.She said her previous volunteer work with MS Canada and the people she met there is what inspired her to continue her work in MS.
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