The cancer from his leg had spread to his lungs. For the next 143 days, Terry would run the equivalent of a marathon a day, a staggering 5,373 kilometres. John’s and began the quixotic cross-country adventure, with his unique skipping step. I have to.”Ī few months later, on April 12, 1980, he dipped his artificial limb into the Atlantic Ocean in St. In October, 1979, Terry wrote a now-famous letter looking for support for his crazy idea, telling potential supporters: “I’m not a dreamer, and I’m not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. The night before his surgery, Terry’s basketball coach brought him an article about an amputee runner and the teenager decided, then and there, that he was going to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Less than a week later, his leg was amputated 15 centimetres above his knee. On March 9, 1977, at the age of 18, he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) in his right leg. /The Canadian Pressįor those who need a refresher, Terry is a Canadian uber-hero. And we should learn a lesson from that experience: Keep honouring our heroes, not our figureheads. That move earned the Bank of Canada kudos around the world.
She was the first non-white person, the first non-royal woman and the first non-politician/royal on a banknote.
In 2018, the Bank of Canada issued a new $10 bill featuring the image of human-rights pioneer Viola Desmond. Since that time, the matriarch of the dysfunctional British family, Queen Elizabeth II, has been ubiquitous on Canadian bills and coins.
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The first series of bills featured King George V and Queen Mary, along with Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary, and then-eight-year-old Princess Elizabeth. Since the Bank of Canada began issuing bank notes in 1935, almost all our money has been adorned with stoic photos of the monarchy. 10) on the $50 and Sir Robert Borden (PM No. Aside from Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the $5, there is Sir John A. Among numismatists, Canada’s money is known for its vibrant colours and striking images – the Canadarm, a polar bear, the Vimy memorial, the double helix.īut the beauty and creativity is offset somewhat by the preponderance of stodgy old folks on our bills.
He’s done his time, and should be retired. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s seventh prime minister, has been on the fiver since 1972. Soon the hashtag #TerryFoxFiver was trending, and so it should be. “I suggest Terry Fox,” he posted on Twitter after the Bank of Canada’s call for nominations. Now it needs the Terry.Ĭredit for this idea goes to Dave Teixeira, a businessman and long-time organizer of the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Īs the 40th anniversary of the iconic Marathon of Hope approaches, there is no better way to honour Terry Fox than to put his face on a five-dollar bill. The clear, logical, long-overdue choice: Terrance Stanley Fox.
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Log In Create Free Accountīank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says the central bank is planning public consultations to determine whose image should appear on a revamped $5 bill.