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I was 4 when Terry started his run. My brothers and I would run to the TV every time we heard his commercial and we called him Run, Terry, Run. I loved him so much. When his funeral was on TV, my Mom was too sad to watch it. I was 5 and sat by myself and watched his funeral. ? I was thrilled last summer to see his statue in St John’s. He’s very special to me and has a place in my heart.

This intimate “fireside chat” between the two Judiths is part of our 45th anniversary celebrations of Terry’s Marathon of Hope. And it’s one of…
For most scientists, there’s nothing like that elusive ‘aha’ moment of discovery. For Dr. Gang Zheng, now the associate research director at the Princess…
Rodney Ouellette was a high school student in Shediac, NB when Terry ran through the town. Terry was starting to capture the public’s imagination…
We’ve come a long way since Terry was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1977. Back then, the standard treatment for osteosarcoma was amputation and…
JANUARY 2025 A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM JUDITH FOX ON THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARATHON OF HOPE At the beginning of each year, it’s…
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, The Terry Fox Foundation lost one of its greatest friends, the mighty Will Dwyer of Barrie, Ontario. Will participated…
I was just a young teenage girl in Canada when Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean and began his Marathon…
– I’ve lived in Canada since 2007, but my first visit here from England was in the summer of 1980. I was here as…
The first time I saw Terry Run was on a dark, lonely highway in rural New Brunswick at 4:30 in the morning. Although I…
“I first saw Terry Fox running west on Dundas Street in downtown London. It was an incredibly hot humid day. The streets were packed….