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Ottawa - Jean Chretien entered the final parliamentary session of his long career yesterday, with an impatient successor peering over his shoulder and some Liberal backbenchers urging him to speed up his retirement plans. Although a new Liberal leader - virtually certain to be Paul Martin - will be chosen on Nov. 15, Chretien's current plan is to remain head of government until February. Some of Martin's backbench supporters fear that could disrupt a timetable that calls for the new boss to deliver a throne speech early next year, followed by a budget and a spring general election. Toronto - Canadians hit the road Sunday, carrying on a dream of finding a cure for cancer. Thousands of people in more than 1,100 communities across the country, including Fox's home town of Port Coquitlam, B.C., participated in the Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research. Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer at 18 and forced to have his right leg amputated. In April 1980, he started the cross-country marathon with little fanfare in St. John's, Nfld. By September of that year - after capturing the country's imagination and admiration - a recurrence of cancer forced Fox to end his Marathon of Hope near Thunder Bay, Ont. Fox died the following June at the age of 22. Not counting this year's event, more than $300 million has been raised.
