Author: Alison Clements Medical appointments aren’t uncommon for Jesse Lightstone. Being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2008, the clinical social worker with Nova Scotia Health was used to check ups and tests. Unbeknownst to Jesse, a conversation with a nurse during a routine medication infusion for the disease would change his life. “When you have […]
Author: Nicole Topple – Publish date: September 27, 2024 With BMO Ride for Cancer taking place this Saturday (Sept. 28), rider Steve De Belie believes there’s a common thread amongst all event participants. “Ultimately when it comes down to it: it’s all about the people,” says Steve, who’s riding 100 kilometres via trail this Saturday. […]
Author: Sarah Marshall Facing a cancer diagnosis is intimidating for anyone. For a young adult just starting out, it adds an extra layer of uncertainty. At age 23, Jack Palmer was on the brink of new beginnings – he had just moved in with his girlfriend, was starting a new job, and had finished his […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris Jenna Goulden admits to being a little nervous when she signed-up for her first BMO Ride for Cancer in 2019, but she quickly rose to the cycling challenge and the event has now become an annual tradition for the Halifax resident. This is Jenna’s sixth year participating in BMO Ride for Cancer, […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris Anick Lamoureux and Eric Valois are teaching their children the importance of supporting the community through their involvement with BMO Ride for Cancer. Originally from Quebec, the couple and their two children – Lexie, age 12, and Tyler, age 11 – moved to Hammonds Plains in 2014. Anick, a government forensic accountant, […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris Everyone has a reason for taking part in BMO Ride for Cancer. For Kimberley Wotherspoon, it has become a way of honoring her late partner, Marc, who passed away from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2012 at the young age of only 36. Kimberley – who is originally from Victoria, British Columbia, but has […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris & Nicole Topple Logan Berkvens is this year’s team captain of the Against All Odds BMO Ride for Cancer team (pictured below). He’s joined by his fiancée, Kenzie Lewis, and close friends, Jennifer Flynn and Cale Wadden. The four will be cycling 100 kilometres via road in this year’s BMO Ride for […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris A chance meeting at a Tim Horton’s on their way to the very first BMO Ride for Cancer a decade ago led to a very special friendship between Cheryl Jeffers-Johnson and Laura Ayer-Wile. Although total strangers, the solo cyclists became instant friends that memorable day and actually biked the first 50 kilometres […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris If you’ve seen pink capes flash by you on the trail or at the finish line during past BMO Ride for Cancer events, it was likely one of the many loved ones riding in honour and memory of Linda Bonin. According to her husband of 44 years, Mike Bonin, the annual cycling […]
Author: Jennifer Gouchie-Terris John McNamara jokingly describes himself as the most annoying fundraiser ever. His tenacity when it comes to collecting donations has allowed him to personally raise nearly $13,000 for BMO Ride for Cancer over the past three years, and he has his sights set on reaching the $15,000 mark at this year’s 10th […]