Relay for Life

Relay for Life will be held virtually on June 12. Donations and registered teams are decreased in numbers this year, but there is still time to register. Cancer survivors, Isaac Mastroianni and his dad Mark Mastroianni, wear their Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life survivors shirts. (Photo: K-J Millar/The Northern View)

A lifeline for many, Relay for Life now needs community support

Prince Rupert is one of just four cities in B.C. with teams registered the June 12 event

 

Team Fierce, Nicole Tattersall, left, Norm Pierce, Joanne Pierce and Jan Curry at the 2019 Relay For Life in Prince Rupert. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

Relay For Life in Prince Rupert raises nearly $68,000 for cancer research

For 12 hours, survivors and supporters walked the middle school track for the annual event

 

Left to right: Nathan Randall, Karen Sawatzky, and Rob Gruber trying to raise bail money for the Relay for Life. (Jenna Cocullo / The Northern View)

Prince Rupert residents jailed for “being a wallflower,” “too nice,” and “not selling enough cars”

Business community seeks bail to raise money for Relay For Life

 

Brother and sister James and Katie Ryeburn held a Relay For Life BBQ fundraiser on May 17 with support from Charles Hays Secondary Students. (Katie Ryeburn photo)

Why We Relay: “No one should walk alone”

Sibling duo, Katie and James Ryeburn, are relaying for their Prince Rupert community

Brother and sister James and Katie Ryeburn held a Relay For Life BBQ fundraiser on May 17 with support from Charles Hays Secondary Students. (Katie Ryeburn photo)
Lois Chappell fought her own battle with cancer, as did many of her family members. She said joining the local dragon boat team was her saviour. (Quinn Bender / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: Lois Chappell

After her battle with breast cancer, a Prince Rupert woman found camaraderie on a dragon boat team

Lois Chappell fought her own battle with cancer, as did many of her family members. She said joining the local dragon boat team was her saviour. (Quinn Bender / The Northern View)
Isaac Mastrioianni, 15, took part in the Relay For Life for his dad years ago, then he was diagnosed when doctors found two brain tumours. This year, he’s walking with his friends and family who supported him through his journey.

Why We Relay: I’m with Isaac

Prince Rupert high school student on surviving five months of cancer treatment, and brain surgery

Isaac Mastrioianni, 15, took part in the Relay For Life for his dad years ago, then he was diagnosed when doctors found two brain tumours. This year, he’s walking with his friends and family who supported him through his journey.
Cynthia Pyde holds up a photo of her late husband, Dr. Frank Pyde, from inside her Prince Rupert home. Frank passed away in 2016 from pancreatic cancer. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: Cancer doesn’t just affect a family, it affects a community

Cynthia Pyde on why she walks in the Relay For Life, and her husband’s battle with pancreatic cancer

Cynthia Pyde holds up a photo of her late husband, Dr. Frank Pyde, from inside her Prince Rupert home. Frank passed away in 2016 from pancreatic cancer. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
VIDEO: Why Prince Rupert residents Relay

VIDEO: Why Prince Rupert residents Relay

Voices from the many Relay For Life participants come together in this video

VIDEO: Why Prince Rupert residents Relay
Colleen Foran has spoken to more than 24 women in the past couple of years through her volunteer work with Cancer Connections. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: Making connections after cancer treatment

Colleen Foran on volunteering with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cancer Connections

Colleen Foran has spoken to more than 24 women in the past couple of years through her volunteer work with Cancer Connections. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
Amy Lashek continues to relay on the Women of Steel, White and Teal team in Sheryl Sadorski-Gordon’s memory. (Keili Bartlett / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: Finding family in the relay

Amy Lashek finds kinship on the Relay for Life Women of Steel, White and Teal team

Amy Lashek continues to relay on the Women of Steel, White and Teal team in Sheryl Sadorski-Gordon’s memory. (Keili Bartlett / The Northern View)
Nivan Sharma walks the Relay for Life for his friend Rowan Wiltse, who he met in Vancouver when they were both going through treatment for bone cancer. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: For Rowan

Nivan Sharma spent six months at BC Childrens Hospital where he made one of the best of friends

Nivan Sharma walks the Relay for Life for his friend Rowan Wiltse, who he met in Vancouver when they were both going through treatment for bone cancer. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
Nicole Wongkee walks in memory of her mother and for every family affected by the disease. (Matthew Allen / The Northern View)

Why we Relay: Saying ‘up yours’ to cancer

Prince Rupert resident Nicole Wongkee walks in memory of her mother

Nicole Wongkee walks in memory of her mother and for every family affected by the disease. (Matthew Allen / The Northern View)
Roxanne Fitzsimmons walks for her friends and family. (Keili Bartlett / The Northern View)

Why We Relay: An honour to help

From the track to the booth, Roxanne Fitzsimmons helps wherever she can

Roxanne Fitzsimmons walks for her friends and family. (Keili Bartlett / The Northern View)
Jacob Gordon (left) and his mother Lindsay Barton (right) in their Prince Rupert home. (Marc Fawcett-Atkinson / Northern View)

Why We Relay: Jacob Gordon will Relay for Life until he can’t anymore

The young relayer wants to carry forth his step-mother’s perseverance to find a cure for cancer

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Jacob Gordon (left) and his mother Lindsay Barton (right) in their Prince Rupert home. (Marc Fawcett-Atkinson / Northern View)
Shannon Lough/The Northern View Relay for Life organizer Sheila Seidemann has been a part of the relay for 17 years.

VIDEO and story: Organizers and teammates relay for Sheryl

There is still time to register for the Relay for Life in Prince Rupert happening May 27.

Shannon Lough/The Northern View Relay for Life organizer Sheila Seidemann has been a part of the relay for 17 years.
Laurie Cullen (left) preparing for a dragon boat race with her team the Prince Rupert Rainbow Warriors in 2012. Facebook photo.

Laurie Cullen paddles against an ‘insidious disease’

Prince Rupert’s Laurie Cullen and her Amazons team are relaying to show there is life after cancer

Laurie Cullen (left) preparing for a dragon boat race with her team the Prince Rupert Rainbow Warriors in 2012. Facebook photo.
Bevan Hamilton/ The Northern View Isobella Norman, left, and Emma Touchet go door-to-door fundraising for Relay for Life.

Relay for Life series: Money for medicine

Isobella Norman and Emma Touchet are two young, earnest Relay for Life fundraisers.

Bevan Hamilton/ The Northern View Isobella Norman, left, and Emma Touchet go door-to-door fundraising for Relay for Life.