By Cheryl Jahn

Cops for Cancer launches 23rd Tour de North

May 3, 2024 | 3:43 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Cyclists from around the region – even from Vancouver Island – converged on Quinson Elementary School where the students were decked out with signs and yellow pom-poms to welcome the Tour de North.

And the Tour de North has an interesting history.

“It all started with a law enforcement officer from Edmonton, actually, and his name is Gary Goulet,” explains Laura Nelson, Coordinator for Cops for Cancer. “He met this young boy named Lyle, who unfortunately was diagnosed with cancer and he was getting bullied at school because obviously he had lost his hair due to the treatment he was on. And Gary found out about this. He wanted to make sure everyone knew it was totally okay to be bald. There was nothing wrong with it. So he got all of his police officer friends together and raised money to shave their heads.”

Come September, sixteen riders will be biking more than 800 hundred kilometres from Dawson Creek to Williams Lake to raise money for a very special cause. Childhood cancer.

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“I’ve recruited a couple of them. I work hard to try to get the numbers up. It’s the more, the merrier,” says Peter Wharton, a rider and a BC Sheriff. The ultimate goal is to raise funds for pediatric research or to spend some time a place called Camp Good Times.

“It’s just a place for them to be kids again. It’s got the full support of medical if they need it, but it’s just an opportunity for families to get together that are all experiencing the same problems and dealing with the same issues in life and just allows kids to be kids.” Last year alone, more than a thousand kids in Canada up to the age of 14, were diagnosed with cancer.

Last year alone, more than a thousand kids in Canada between up to the age of 14 were diagnosed with cancer.

by Cheryl Jahn

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Cops for Cancer launches 23rd Tour de North

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