A MacKenzie College professor fundraised to help a former student battling stage four cancer.

A Calgary woman is turning her trauma into triumph and running blinfolded to raise awareness for sexual assault.

"I'm not getting any younger and so I thought I should probably run one before it's maybe too late," McBeath admitted.

Owen Ostler raised more than $10,000 for the Lions Gate Hospital foundation, running 42 kilometres under the blazing August sun.

A group of five women swam Saskatchewan's Last Mountain Lake to raise money for Regina's YWCA.

Over the last four years, Troy Harkness has run down every road, alley and trail in Saskatoon.

Darius Sam managed to raise more than $30,000 for his local food bank.

Run Regina is following in the footsteps of the organizers of the country's major spring marathons, working to put together a virtual event. 

"It's about doing what you can while you have the time to do it," said Lise Berube.

The Edmonton Marathon is the latest event in Alberta's capital to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.