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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My Updates
A Recent Loss
For many years now I've coached baseball. I was never much of a player myself but my son loves it and we get to spend time together while I do something good for my community. It's let me meet a lot of amazing kids and their families. Recently one of the ids I coached lost his mom to cancer. While we aren't together anymore, this hit really close to home. My heart goes out to them, and I can't imagine the loss they feel. For any kid, your mother is the cornerstone of childhood, the person that teaches us what unconditional love is. It not only hurts my soul to think of their loss, but it reminds me how possible it was (and is - cancer teaches us that life can change in an instant) that my kids might have had to grow up without me, and all I would have missed if it were not for the efforts of our amazing medical professionals. Please donate and help us fight, so that other families will keep their moms and dads, their kids, and their friends. Share
My Story
Almost everyone has been affected by cancer. Friends, family, coworkers. My own motivation for the ride comes from being a survivor of kidney cancer and the impact that had on my family and my life, but I was lucky. My cancer was found early and I had great support (thank you doctor Ricardo Rendon). I lost both grandfathers, my father-in-law and my best friend to cancer, our family has a number of survivor friends in our circle, and I have an old friend and a coworker fighting for their lives right now. I'm riding for all of them, and for everyone else that's had to deal with this disease. Please support this event and help up give our amazing clinicians and support staff the tools they have to save lives. ShareThank you to my Supporters
$31.20
Danielle D’eon
$200
East Side Fisheries
Good Luck!
$52
Joyce Leblanc
Have a great ride!
$26
Barbara Amirault
Have a great bike ride!
$30
Janet Dewar
$52
Anonymous
$50
Donna Larkin
$104
Your Family
You've got this! We're so proud of you. Love Tammy, Mac, Connor & Olivia xo
$52
Ac
$50
Wilkin Hsien
$104
Stacy Hatton
$104
Caitlin Roberts
$20.80
Anonymous
$31.20
Anonymous
$26
Anonymous
$104
