The 30th annual Terry Fox Run will take place across Canada Saturday, Sept. 19, including three locations in North York.
The Seneca College five-kilometre run will take place at Newnham Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. at Hwy. 404, from 9 a.m. to noon. Wilket Creek Park will host a one-, two- and five-km run at Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Participants of the York University run can pick a two- or five-km route at the Steeles Avenue and Keele Street campus between 10 a.m. and noon. All three sites are wheelchair, inline skate and bicycle accessible. Fox had his right leg amputated six inches above the knee after he was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1977.He decided to run across Canada in an effort to raise money for cancer research and began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980.Fox was forced to stop his marathon 143 days later after cancer had spread to his lungs. He raised $24 million.In 2009, Ontarians donated $10.5 million to cancer research through Terry Fox events. More than $500 million has been raised to date for the Terry Fox Foundation.