New Zealander nearing end of cross-Canada run to raise money for kids cancer care [Video]

A New Zealand man who’s running across Canada to raise money to help children with cancer is nearing the end of his incredible journey.

Jon Nabbs began his solo cross-country trek last May in Newfoundland.

On Friday, after slogging across the Atlantic provinces, Eastern Canada, the Prairies and the famed Rocky Mountains into B.C., he was in Salmon Arm, bound for Kamloops, then the South Coast.

The fact he’s seeing more of Canada than most Canadians isn’t lost on the Kiwi.

“Every time I head west, it’s my first time in that town,” Nabbs told Global News. “This journey, landing in St. John’s, Nfld., for the start of my journey was my first time coming to Canada.”

Nabbs called the Shuswap beautiful “and I’m seeing the sun for the first time in eight or nine days. It’s beautiful.”

“It’s the trip of a lifetime. I just pinch myself every day that I get …