After an eight year absence from Lake Country the Terry Fox Run returned on Sunday and exceeded all of its goals.

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Terry was diagnosed with bone cancer at 18, and as a result, his right leg was amputated. After deciding to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research, he was forced to stop partway because cancer spread to his lungs. He died at 22.

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