By CKPG Today
Tour de North

Cops for Cancer Tour de North raises $150K

Sep 22, 2023 | 8:40 AM

PRINCE RUPERT — Cops for Cancer (Tour de North is celebrating another successful year.

After a week on the road, starting in Prince George last week, law enforcement and emergency services personnel completed the over 850 kilometre trek in Prince Rupert on Thursday, raising over $150,000.

Organizers say that money will be directed towards life-saving childhood cancer research and a national support system for children affected by cancer and their families.

An estimated 1,050 children (ages 0-14) in Canada were diagnosed with cancer in 2021. Over the last five years, the Canadian Cancer Society has invested $16.5 million in childhood cancer research projects.

The Canadian Cancer Society says this investment is contributing to improved outcomes as the five-year survival rate for childhood cancer is now 84 per cent, an increase from 71 per cent in the 1980s.

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