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Terry Fox envisioned raising $24.1 million, one dollar for every Canadian towards the fight against cancer by running the breadth of our country – an ambitious feat for a 21-year-old runner who had lost a leg to bone cancer just three years previous. He planned, trained and executed his cross-country odyssey on April, 1980 with a symbolic dipping of his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John’s, Newfoundland. As history dictates Terry’s Marathon of Hope unraveled 143 days, six provinces and 3,339 miles later when outside Thunder Bay, ON illness slowed him and a diagnosis that the cancer had spread to his lungs ended the journey, but never did it diminish the dream.
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NEXUS expands to Coutts/Sweetgrass Ports of Entry
A NEXUS lane and enrolment centre have opened at the Coutts, Alberta–Sweetgrass, Montana ports-of-entry.
“The Government of Canada is proud that NEXUS is expanding at the land border in Coutts, Alberta,” said Lethbridge MP Rick Casson. “This NEXUS lane will enable both Canadians and Americans to travel quickly and securely between Canada and the United States.”
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Strong Alberta Strong Canada
Canadians deserve to know the opportunities and strengths Alberta offers are not exclusively contained within its boundaries, but rather benefit all of Canada. To quote Premier Ed Stelmach, “Alberta’s positive contribution to national prosperity, and its role in building a strong, united Canada, is critical to the future of the country.” Simply put, a Strong Alberta means a Strong Canada.
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Youth Criminal Justice Act review focuses on offender accountability
Canadians are fed-up with penalties that fail to reflect the seriousness of the crime therefore our government is responding to serious youth crime by strengthening the Youth Criminal Justice Act and using fair and appropriate measures to hold young people accountable when they break the law.
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