Kimberley Wotherspoon

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I'm on a mission to support those facing cancer

Nova Scotia has the highest cancer rates in Canada. Currently, 1 in 2 are diagnosed in their lifetime and 1 in 3 patients will not survive. That’s why I am riding in the 12th BMO Ride for Cancer — hosted by the QEII Foundation — to help fund lifesaving cancer care for all Nova Scotians. 

The list of loved ones affected by cancer keeps growing, and so must our commitment to conquering it. This is our time to lead the charge and continue our journey to transform local cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre; for those we’ve lost, those currently facing cancer, and the 1 in 2 who will be diagnosed. 

Funds raised by our 2026 BMO Ride for Cancer community will support the full spectrum of cancer care at the QEII — strengthening every stage of the journey: earlier diagnosis, more targeted treatment, effective support between appointments, and monitoring that can detect cancer recurrence sooner.

This means advancing cancer-fighting technology and treatment options including:

Best-in-class imaging to detect cancer earlier with greater accuracy, reduce scan times and cut wait times
Precision oncology tools to help tailor therapies to each patient’s unique genetics
Surgical robotics and innovation to enable less invasive procedures and faster recoveries
Digital tools that empower and support patients at home, removing location barriers between appointments

Together, our BMO Ride for Cancer community is helping ensure that every patient who relies on Atlantic Canada’s largest and most specialized cancer treatment hospital has access to world-class care, right here at home. 

With every dollar you donate to my Ride, you’re helping every step of the cancer journey from diagnosis to recovery and survivorship – ultimately saving and changing lives of Nova Scotians. 

Please donate to my Ride today! 

To learn more about the impact your generous donation will have here at home, visit https://YourRideforCancer.ca/Impact. 

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For Kimberley Wotherspoon, who was a 2024 Ride Ambassador for the 10th Annual Ride For Cancer, it’s about remembering and doing

This year marks my 8^th year participating in the BMO Ride for Cancer as Team Captain for the Halifax Port Authority's Ocean Terminators.

It was an honour in 2024 to been chosen as one of twelve Ride Ambassadors for the 10th Anniversary Ride for Cancer. My Ride Story was shared in the lead up to the event and I was involved in some of the media campaigns to promote the ride.

This year is bittersweet as The Ride for Cancer has announced it is the Final Ride. I've had so many amazing memories over the last 8 years and on Saturday October 3rd I'll be starting at Bayers Lake, riding out towards the South Shore again on the BLT Trail.

In 2019, the QEII Foundation did a presentation on the Ride for Cancer at HPA. It inspired me to start riding that year in memory of my late partner who passed away in 2012 from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at the young age of 36. The 2019 ride took place on what would have been his birthday, so it seemed like a fitting way to honour his memory. It had been ages since I rode my bike (especially 25 km!) but I trained that summer and successfully completed the race. Since then, I've increased my distance to 50 km, and I continue to ride in his honour and for other family members and friends who 've been touched by cancer.