N.S. news: Event raises funds for cancer care [Video]

When Jennifer Gouchie-Terris hops on her bicycle on Sept. 28, she’ll be riding for a cause close to her heart.

“I’m doing the BMO Ride for Cancer this year for a couple of reasons. I finish my two years of daily medication on that very day, so that’s exciting. That’s how I want to celebrate,” she explains. “I’m also doing it to remember my son Brandon who died of brain cancer in 2012.”

Jennifer has been an advocate for cancer funding and awareness since her son’s diagnosis.

But in March 2022, at 56 years old, Jennifer found herself relying on the QEII Cancer Centre after being diagnosed with stage two ovarian cancer.

“I’d like to say I was shocked, but I wasn’t. There is a high incidence of cancer in my family,” she adds. “I mean, it comes as a surprise to everyone. But you kind of have to move past that and figure out what you’re …