Prince Albert community member Kim Pagé has been introduced as this year’s honourary chair for the Prince Albert Terry Fox Run. “All the funds that are raised go specifically to programs to help find treatments,” said Pagé. “The Terry Fox Foundation does also help with early detection programs. For me, that was the reason why my breast cancer was caught early, because of those programs.” Pagé was diagnosed in 2024. “It’s a phone call I’ll never forget. Probably the most emotional and hardest phone call I’ve ever received.” Thanks to what Pagé says was an incredible medical team, she’s been cancer-free since early 2026. Terry Fox Run co-chair Chelsea Mitchell reached out to Pagé because she had done the puck drop for the Prince Albert Raiders’ cancer awareness night. “I’m a season ticket holder for the Raiders,” explained Mitchell. “I saw that [Pagé] was doing the puck drop at their ‘Hockey Fights Cancer’ game last year. So, that’s how I found out she had cancer, so we were looking for an honorary chair this year, and I figured she’d be perfect person to represent the Terry Fox Run.” Pagé works for the Raiders and came back from treatment to the news she’d be doing the puck drop. “Completely unexpected,” she told CTV. “I was able to go out there. Some of my past billet sons had recorded messages of just appreciation, thankful, love, and my daughters walked out with me. And my two sons at the time were the ones that did the faceoff. That was just a really special, special night that meant a lot.” Pagé says she admires past honourary chairs like her late friend Bruce Vance and his wife, cancer survivor Liane Vance, and considers the role a huge honour. “Having hope means that people come together to achieve a goal,” said Pagé. “The Terry Fox Run is just that. It’s people coming together to reach those goals of raising funds, to continue to find life-saving treatments and hopefully a cure one day.” The Terry Fox Run is Sept. 20 at the Alfred Jenkins Fieldhouse.
