Halifax Man Completes Canada-Wide Run Raising More Than $220,000 to Fight Heart Disease

A Halifax man has raised more than $220,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation after completing a 99-day, coast-to-coast marathon across Canada inspired by his personal hero Terry Fox. Ryan Keeping arrived in Victoria, B.C., on July 7, finishing a more than three-month cross-country journey that saw the 27-year-old run 75 kilometres each day, often wearing a Terry Fox shirt with a Canada flag as a cape. Mr. Keeping received 3,900 donations through his GoFundMe page to raise $229,392 as of July 8, far exceeding his original goal of $100,000. Eighty percent of the funds raised will be donated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada to be used for “improving diagnosis, care, and support for patients with heart disease,” while the remaining 20 percent will be used to cover his expenses, the page says....