For Janet Foulkes, seeing Terry Fox, mid-Marthon of Hope in Toronto more than 40 years ago, was one of the defining moments of her life.

For Janet Foulkes, seeing Terry Fox, mid-Marthon of Hope in Toronto more than 40 years ago, was one of the defining moments of her life.

It was “his courage, and the sense of being proud as a Canadian,” the Toronto woman said.

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“And admiring a young man who undertook such a daunting challenge and did not let cancer or amputation and all the things that come with treatment deter him from trying to help others.”

Foulkes, a breast cancer survivor, is this year’s Terry’s team member and face of the memorial run in Sarnia, happening Sunday, raising money for cancer research.

Foulkes’ brother John is among event organizers, and Foulkes,

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