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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
‘His story impacts everyone' Terry Fox's brother visits Yorkton school to continue family's legacy
Fred Fox talks about the life of his brother, Terry Fox at St. Paul's School in Yorkton on Wednesday. (Fruzsina De Cloedt / CTV News) Fred Fox, Terry Fox's brother, is stopping in several communities across Saskatchewan this week to carry on his family's legacy of inspiring a nation to hope for a cancer-free future. After learning that St. Paul's School in Yorkton had been organizing Terry Fox runs for 15 years, the Terry Fox Foundation contacted the school to make sure they got a visit. 'There's close to 10,000 schools in Canada that have Terry Fox runs, so I can't get to all of them. I get to about 100 or 120 every year,' Fox said. The gym was full at St. Paul's School on Wednesday morning. Students were sitting on the ground, chatting excitedly about the upcoming presentation. After a brief introduction from Principal Quinn Haider, Fred Fox took the stage and started telling the story of his brother, Terry. Fred Fox Fred Fox, Terry Fox's brother, visited St. Paul's School in Yorkton on Wednesday. (Fruzsina De Cloedt / CTV News) From childhood photos to reports from his famous run in 1980, he covered it all. One could hear a needle drop in the gym as the children listened to the story. Terry Fox's dream 45 years ago was to run across Canada to end cancer. His Marathon of Hope ended early when his cancer returned, but the momentum has continued. Evan Weber, a student in the audience, told CTV News that he loves hearing about Terry Fox. 'His story impacts everyone very well and it helps cancer research excel,' Weber said. Fox said he is inspired watching the children since they're a new generation that could carry his brother's work further. 'They potentially could be the next researcher, being funded by the money that's being raised [through the runs].' Weber said he may become a scientist one day, but he's not sure. Whatever the future holds for these young people, one thing is for sure. The tenacity of Fox brought a nation together and inspired many people to 'finish it,' 'He was having a really tough day, and he wrote in his in his journal, 'If I quit now, I'll be letting so many people down',' Fred quoted from his brother's journal. 'That's why Terry Fox was running. To help other people.' St. Paul's School in Yorkton plans to continue organizing Terry Fox runs to raise funds for those touched by cancer, in hopes of helping to finish what he started 45 years ago.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Annual Terry Fox Run returning to Confederation Bridge for first time in 10 years
HALIFAX — The annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research will mark its 45th anniversary this year by returning to the Confederation Bridge after a decade-long hiatus. The Terry Fox Foundation announced Monday that on Sept. 21, the 13-kilometre bridge between New Brunswick and P.E.I. will be closed to vehicle traffic between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. to make way for runners and walkers. The annual fundraising run across the bridge was first held in 2005, the 25th anniversary of Fox's Marathon of Hope. It was held there again in 2010 and 2015, but the event was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "As the starting point of his Marathon of Hope 45 years ago, Atlantic Canada was an incredibly special part of Terry's journey," Fox's older brother Fred said in a statement released Monday. "The return of the Terry Fox Run on Confederation Bridge in 2025 is ... a heartfelt reminder of the unity and support that these communities offered him and an opportunity for Canadians to once again come together and help to finish what he started.' Having lost his right leg to cancer when he was 18, Terry Fox decided to run across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. He began his historic marathon on April 12, 1980, when he dipped his artificial leg into the harbour at St. John's, N.L. A little over a month later, Fox arrived in P.E.I. via a ferry ride, as the bridge had yet to be built, and he spent the next three days running across the Island. His fundraising efforts there surpassed $100,000. In his personal journal, Fox recalled meeting P.E.I. students and officials, adding: 'Boy, were they ever a happy group.' Fox ran 5,373 kilometres in 143 days, — an average of 42 km per day — but he was forced to stop outside Thunder Bay, Ont., on Sept. 1, 1980, when doctors confirmed cancer had spread to his lungs. He died less than a year later, one month before his 23rd birthday. "His determination, courage, and message of hope moved millions and laid the foundation for what has become one of the largest fundraising movements in Canadian history," the foundation's statement says. Every year, participants and volunteers in about 600 communities across Canada take part in the run. To date, the foundation has raised more than $950 million and paid for more than 1,300 cancer research projects. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 26, 2025. Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press
