The Tour de Rock team was in the Cowichan Valley on Tuesday to mark day 11 of their 14-day ride to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
"The awareness that we re raising, and the children at schools learning what we re doing, it s a special thing," said rider Kenn Mount, Fire Chief for the District of Central Saanich.
The Central Saanich Firefighters Association has established a scholarship in honour of Assistant Fire Chief Forrest Owens who died from cancer in his home on June 21 at the age of 64.
Central Saanich Fire Chief Kenn Mount and fellow Tour de Rock team member Cpl. Pat Bryant, from the Central Saanich Police Service, are climbing aboard their training spin bikes to raise money for this year’s Cops for Cancer ride.
Sooke has named Ted Ruiter as its new fire chief. “It’s a great opportunity and it’s exciting,” Ruiter said. “I’m getting to the later stages of my career, and I can’t think of a better place to . . .
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