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McIsaac School Ecole McIsaac continues their tradition of teaching Grade 5 students the importance of Terry Fox's legacy. More than 120 students from McIsaac and Ruth Betts School joined forces last Thursday afternoon and ran the one-kilometer Kinsmen Fitness Trail, in memory of Fox. Organizer John Belfry says the students get a couple of things out of the activity. "It's an awareness about a Canadian hero," says the school division consultant. "And they learn about Terry Fox by watching a film." Belfry says the students get to "help keep the (Terry Fox's) dream alive." "But," he adds, "they do get a little bit of physical reward as well." With 120 students off and running, Belfry says between 60 and 70 per cent of the students ran the whole track. "The first one across the finish line had a time just over five minutes, so that's just fantastic," he says.
