About 300 people turned out Sunday for the 44th annual Terry Fox Run in Prince George.
It brought in more than $8,000 for cancer research.
The three-kilometre route started at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park and included people running, walking, cycling and rolling.
One participant was Jim Terrion, who was diagnosed with melanoma, but underwent surgery in April and reports that he is cancer free.
Terrion has raised $961,686 since he started fundraising for cancer research in 1991. His goal is to reach $1 million by the end of the year.
Prince George has a connection to Terry Fox, who raised funds for cancer by attempting to run across the country after losing a leg to cancer. He ran his first post-amputation race here, the Prince George to Boston Marathon, in 1979. That 27.3-kilometre race from Salmon Valley to the city was what convinced Fox he could handle the Marathon of Hope.
A statue outside the Canfor Leisure Pool commemorates Fox's time here.
