WINNIPEG – A 7-year-old Winnipeg boy who has muscular dystrophy led a fundraising walk at Kildonan Park.
Timmy Shiels was the ambassador for the Winnipeg Walk for Muscular Dystrophy.
“We’re so proud of Timmy and everything that he’s accomplished in 8 years that people said he wouldn’t and he has,” said his mother Becky Fishwick.
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Timmy was diagnosed with the condition when he was 3.
He can walk but on Saturday led the group while riding a bike.
The Walk for Muscular Dystrophy takes place in different cities around the country on different dates.
The walk in Winnipeg raised at least $16,000.