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THE 35TH ANNUAL TERRY FOX RUN
Rain and money flow at 4 Tri-Cities Fox Runs JANIS WARREN
The Tri-CiTy News
There may have been plenty of puddles but the poor weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the 2,100 walkers, runners and cyclists in the four Terry Fox Runs in the Tri-Cities. Fox’s hometown of Port Coquitlam drew an estimated 1,500 participants and raised at least $40,000 (not including online donations), said run organizer Dave Teixeira. He was at the start line with Mayor Greg Moore and wife, Erin, keynote speaker and cancer survivor Analyn Purcell and Jim Terrion, the 54-year-old deaf man from Prince George who has collected $645,000 over the past 25 years for the Terry Fox Foundation (his mother, Faye, told The Tri-City News he has brought in $30,000 for the 35th anniversary and plans to walk the Malaysian Terry Fox Run on Nov. 29). In Coquitlam, 325 people laced up for the annual event at Blue Mountain Park that saw $17,000 in contributions collected, said co-chair Make Pettie.
ELAINE FLEURY PHOTO
see ‘PEOPLE ARE’, page 3
People of all ages braved at times heavy rains Sunday to take part in the 35th annual Terry Fox Run — four in the Tri-Cities. For more photos, please see page 3.
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Conservatives apologize for ‘politicizing’ Fox Foundation JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News
The Conservative party has issued an apology to the family of Port Coquitlam hometown hero Terry Fox for “politiciz-
ing” the Canadian icon and the foundation that bears his name. The apology came the day after Laureen Harper, the wife of Tory leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
was in Port Moody Sunday to celebrate a pledge that, if her husband’s party is reelected, it will match Canadian citizens’ donations to the Terry Fox Foundation in honour of the 35th anniversary run.
The pledge was made by MP James Moore, who is not running for re-election, with Port Moody-Coquitlam Tory candidate Tim Laidler at his side.
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