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IN THE NEWS
June 8
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope is in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick about 30 miles from the border between New Brunswick and Quebec. His public support seems to be building, as he can't run more than a couple minutes without someone yelling out of their car or watching him down the street and cheering him on. The New Brunswick Cancer Society has been much more helpful to him than in Nova Scotia and donation totals for his trip through the Maritime Provinces (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick) are at around 140,000 dollars. He is looking forward to crossing into the bigger provinces, where it's hoped more money can be raised.
June 10
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope enters the province of Quebec, and Terry finds things quite different here than the great reception he got in most of the Maritime provinces. Here are a couple excerpts from his diary on his first impressions on running through Quebec. "The wind howled again all day. Right in my face. It was very difficult constantly running into the wind. It saps it right out of your head and body. The only people here who know about the run are the truckers and out of province people. Everyone else wants to stop and give me a lift." and, "I am tired and weary because people are continually forcing me off the road. I was actually honked off once. People are passing from behind me on this narrow road. It is so frustrating." It should be noted that Terry did not speak French, and therefore had trouble communicating with a lot of Quebecers to tell them what was going on.
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