Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at the age of 18 in 1980, the Canadian hero set out on a cross-country run to raise funds for cancer research. After completing a total of 5,373 km over 143 days, averaging 42 km daily, ill health forced an end to the marathon but the hope has endured with events taking place across the country ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of the local event, you may have seen The Auroran\u2019s photographer, Glenn Rodger, at several community events sporting a Terry Fox shirt to both raise awareness of the event and keep Fox\u2019s legacy alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a cause that is very important to him and he\u2019s looking forward to taking off with \u201cTeam Majestic\u201d this weekend to complete this year\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTerry Fox has always been important to me,\u201d says Rodger, who has, over the last few years visited as many monuments to Fox as possible throughout Canada. \u201cWhen I found out I had melanoma, I was going to Sunnybrook Hospital every other Monday just being around other cancer fighters and that inspired me. Over 90 per cent of the money raised goes back to research and I just love everything about the Terry Fox Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTerry Fox is a Canadian icon and such an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To take part in this year\u2019s Terry Fox Run in Aurora or contribute to the cause, visit bit.ly\/3d9mPAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Brock Weir The Terry Fox Run, one of Canada\u2019s most enduring fundraisers to end cancer, returns to an in-person event this Sunday. The Aurora event will be held at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on September 18, with registration beginning at 9 a.m. for a 10 a.m. start time. Now in its 42nd year, the Terry Fox Run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8iF","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-27 04:51:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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