by alex | May 24, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia preparing to make the crossing to Prince Edward Island and province number three. Coming into Halifax, the RCMP officer behind me honked his horn to point out the cemetery where some of those who were lost in the 1912...
by alex | May 17, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I reached New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on my 38th day on the road. I had arrived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia a week earlier and made my way south along the edge of Lake Bras d’Or, which is actually an inland sea, of partially fresh/salt water in the...
by alex | May 10, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today was a good news-bad news kind of day. The bad news is the driving rain and incredibly high winds sweeping across the highway at a place called Wreck House on the west coast of Newfoundland all the way down into Port-aux-Basques, the departure point...
by alex | May 3, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today was my 24th day on the road and I had reached Stephenville, Newfoundland after passing through Corner Brook on the more mountainous western side of Newfoundland. At one-time Stephenville was the largest United States airbase in the world, not...
by alex | Apr 26, 2018 | John's Blog
(Editor’s Note: Just before I write my 20-years-ago today piece, I want to thank all those who attended the anniversary gala in London on April 10th. We premiered a new documentary at that time and we had greetings from Ottawa. I am providing the links for these...
by alex | Apr 18, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today it was constant rain and bitter cold as I moved along the Trans-Canada Highway, finishing my day in Glovertown, Newfoundland. It’s been a soggy week. My soaking wet wind suit has been flapping tight against my body like a flag snapping in a stiff...
by alex | Apr 10, 2018 | John's Blog
As I promised you, this is the first of the weekly postings as I look back at the walk across Canada that began 20 years ago today. So here we go! This is it. Day number one in St. John’s, Newfoundland. After seven months of training, today the distance really starts...
by alex | Mar 15, 2018 | John's Blog
20 years ago today, I was just under 40 days away from the beginning of one of the biggest challenges of my life — the walk across Canada. My goal was to raise money for research into finding a treatment and eventually a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a...
by alex | Mar 1, 2018 | John's Blog
20 years ago today, before there was a Family Day, I was in training and I was exactly 50 days away from the start of my attempt to walk across Canada. I intended to make a difference in the lives of all those boys just like Jesse – kids who suffer from Duchenne...
