Terry Fox Remembrance
Apr 12th 2005 | 9:33 am
#1
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Terry Fox Remembrance
This amazing fella is being remembered this year, with a $1 coin that has his picture on it, and well deserved too:
http://www.reuters.ca/locales/c_news...toryID=8160761
http://www.reuters.ca/locales/c_news...toryID=8160761
Apr 12th 2005 | 6:01 pm
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Re: Terry Fox Remembrance
Originally Posted by kerri
This amazing fella is being remembered this year, with a $1 coin that has his picture on it, and well deserved too:
http://www.reuters.ca/locales/c_news...toryID=8160761
http://www.reuters.ca/locales/c_news...toryID=8160761
A fitting memorial to a giant amongst men. Long may he be remembered.
Apr 12th 2005 | 6:12 pm
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Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Kentville, N.S.
Re: Terry Fox Remembrance
Originally Posted by Scouse
A fitting memorial to a giant amongst men. Long may he be remembered.
Apr 12th 2005 | 7:49 pm
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Posts: 7,715
Re: Terry Fox Remembrance
If anyone is interested in learning more about Terry Fox:
http://www.cbc.ca/terryfox/
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-74-71/people/terry_fox/
There's slight comic relief on archive clip #8; Peter Mansbridge with a full head of hair. The rest of the clip is simply heartbreaking
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http://www.cbc.ca/terryfox/
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-74-71/people/terry_fox/
There's slight comic relief on archive clip #8; Peter Mansbridge with a full head of hair. The rest of the clip is simply heartbreaking
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Apr 12th 2005 | 11:12 pm
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From: Eastern Ontario, Canada
Re: Terry Fox Remembrance
Originally Posted by andy_sheila
When I was a teenager in Gananoque, Ont. I ran laps with my school to raise money for his charity in 1980. When I mention him in the UK, no-one's ever heard of him. It's nice to see he's being remembered in Canada
Gananoque eh! Now with the casino it's almost the centre of the universe.
