Pictured: BMO Ride participant, Shawna Coleman, with her husband While it was more than a decade ago, Shawna Coleman vividly recalls the feeling that something was wrong in her body. She underwent a series of tests right before attending her niece’s wedding in the U.S. When she returned home to Canada, the missed calls and […]
During BMO Ride 2021, Patti Davidson fundraised for genetic sequencing technology and afterwards found out the technology was used in her own QEII cancer treatment. This year, she’s going all-in fundraising for BMO Ride for Cancer 2022 with the hopes of helping future QEII cancer patients. Patti Davidson keeps an extraordinarily busy schedule. In addition […]
Why is Michelle Higgins riding in this year’s BMO Ride for Cancer? Because she can. It seems simple, but for Michelle, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in June 2021, riding her bike to raise awareness and funds to advance cancer care in Atlantic Canada is a big deal. “I think it’s important to be […]
Pictured: Dr. Howard Conter. Originally published by the Chronicle Herald | By Joey Fitzpatrick https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/more/custom-content/cancer-scare-makes-a-physicians-bmo-ride-for-cancer-journey-deeply-personal-100745902/ On Oct. 1, Dr. Howard Conter will be among the 1,400 participants taking part in the BMO Ride for Cancer. While this will be his third time riding in this important fundraiser, the 2022 BMO Ride will have special meaning […]
A team celebrates at our 2021 BMO Ride for Cancer event. Photo credit: Uncharted Creative Media. (HALIFAX, N.S. – Tuesday, March 8, 2022) On March 3, public registration launched for the eighth annual BMO Ride for Cancer, formerly Ride for Cancer powered by BMO Bank of Montreal. Hosted by the QEII Foundation, 2022 marks a new era […]
Gavin Mills is a cancer patient at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and a participant of BMO Ride for Cancer. To date, more than $5.7 million net has been raised by the BMO Ride community, in support of local cancer care at the QEII. PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Tompkins. On March 3, registration opens for the […]