Around 2,000 people participated in the annual Terry Fox Run Sunday in Calgary, raising money for cancer research and bringing hope to survivors and their families. The event exceeded its fundraising goal of $300,000 before the run even began.
Around 2,000 people participated in the annual Terry Fox Run Sunday in Calgary , raising money for cancer research annual Terry Fox Run in Calgary Sunday, raising funds for cancer research and bringing hope to survivors and their families.
This year’s event beat the fundraising goal of $300,000 before the run even began and as of Sunday morning was at more thanDonations are still being accepted, with every dollar raised by the event in Calgary and across the country going directly to cancer research. “That was over 23 years ago now so I’m here today to share my story and kind of give back to community that has meant so much to me growing up,” she said.
In 1980, Terry Fox set out on a mission to raise funds for cancer research through his cross Canada run, known as the Marathon of Hope. Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance did not back away on Sunday from the false claims he and Donald Trump have been making that Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state's GOP governor and other officials insist there is no evidence of such behavior.B.C. will be opening “highly secure facilities” for people with addiction and mental health issues in the province, officials said Sunday.
There’s more out-cry about a proposed temporary shelter in Saskatoon's downtown core. This time it's from professionals who run a children’s mental health clinic next door, servicing thousands of vulnerable kids each year.Saskatchewan RCMP major crimes unit is investigating a suspicious death after the body of a 28-year-old man was discovered in a home on Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation.
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