Run for the Cure to draw thousands, road closures in effect
Nine communities in B.C. hosting runs aimed at raising money for breast cancer research
Thousands of runners will put on pink and run or walk through the streets of Vancouver for the 24th Annual CIBC Run for the Cure.
Organized by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, the event raises money for research and education in the treatment of breast cancer but also prevention, diagnosis and care.
There are nine separate "races against the disease" across British Columbia:
Breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer diagnosis in Canadian women, with one in nine women expected to develop the disease during her lifetime.
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—@CBCFThe five-year relative survival rate for Canadian women diagnosed with breast cancer is 88 per cent; In BC it is 91.8 per cent.
The following road closures are in effect for Vancouver's Run for the Cure, which begins at 9:30 a.m. PT at 88 Pacific Boulevard.
| Road Closure | Time of Closure |
| Pacific Blvd from Cambie to Quebec | 5:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PT |
| Cambie Bridge Off-Ramp to Pacific Blvd | 5:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PT |
| Pacific Blvd, from Nelson to Abbott | 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PT |
| Expo Blvd, from Abbott to Quebec | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Keefer, from Carrall to Columbia/Quebec | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| W 6th Ave, from Quebec to Cambie | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Abbott St., from Pacific Blvd to W Pender | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Carrall St., from Keefer to Pacific Blvd | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Quebec, from Keefer to E 7th Ave | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| 2nd Ave, from Main to Ontario | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Westbound Terminal Ave, from Main to Quebec | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Cambie Bridge on-ramp, from W 2nd | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |
| Cambie St (northbound),from W Broadway to Expo Blvd | 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PT |