Terry Fox smiles from his bed at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., days after he was forced to abandon the Marathon of Hope. I don't think they even realized that they filmed my last mile," Fox wrote. Terry Fox with a couple of young fans during his cross-Canada run in 1980 to raise funds for cancer research. (Submitted by Darrell Fox)Four decades later, the Terry Fox Foundation has announced that this year's Terry Fox Run will also persevere in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope. "Cancer isn't waiting for the pandemic to end and neither can we," said Ara Sahakian, Terry Fox Foundation interim executive director.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2020 21:22 UTC