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Montreal elementary school students strive to ‘be like Terry’ on Marathon of Hope anniversary
Montreal runner retraces Terry Fox’s last steps in the Marathon of Hope She said since the kids always want to run with them, they decided to involve the whole school community in doing something special now, instead waiting until the fall for the annual Terry Fox Run.For the campaign kick-off Monday, the school had a little help.Eddy Nolan has been participating in Terry Fox runs since 1981. The cancer survivor said he attended the event to support the kids, but to also remember his own brother.“He just died in January of cancer,” he said, adding he wants to raise $7,000 for cancer research.“Whatever I raise I’d like to add to the school’s total because it’s just the thing to do for me,” he said.Both he and teachers think the kids can