The Wounded Warrior Run on Vancouver Island has officially been cancelled for 2021.
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British ColumbiaB次元官网网址檚 public health officer earlier this week announced more restrictions due to a COVID-19 spike in the province. Restrictions run until April 19.
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The Wounded Warrior Run BC was created to bring awareness and raise funds for Wounded Warriors Canada. The 2021 team of eight runners will be back in 2022 to run relay-style the length of Vancouver Island in just eight consecutive days, covering more than 600 kilometres.
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Runners representing first responders from a number of communities across Vancouver Island have been training for months for the run. They held solo runs in their respective communities on Feb. 7, the day they would have traditionally kicked off the lead-up to the event with a run between Sooke and Sidney in southern Vancouver Island.
The race was to start in Port Hardy and wrap up in Victoria, with B.C. medical health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry running some of the last leg and then speaking at the finish line.
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Many of the Wounded Warriors programs switched to online delivery when the pandemic hit last year. Although the BC run isnB次元官网网址檛 even at the halfway point of what it raised last year, Zweng said they are doing what they can to continue offering programs. B次元官网网址淭he more we raise, the more people we can help out. Our goal was $250,000 this year.B次元官网网址�
Port Alberni runners Maria Marciano and Dave Nesbitt have a 24-km run planned for April 17 that will take them past every firehall, the RCMP station, ambulance station and Royal Canadian Legion in the Alberni Valley. First responders will be in front of their stations to acknowledge the runners, who are hoping to add to their fundraising totals with their community run.
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