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Change "Although he was undergoing chemotherapy treatments at the time, Fox's energy impressed Hansen." to "Not knowing at the time that he was undergoing chemotherapy, Hansen was impressed by Fox's energy.^[1]" in order to provide more context to readers.

Source: "The Greatest Canadian: Terry Fox". CBC. Say123d1 (talk) 05:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done RWILD ✉ 18:26, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121456/http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/fox-terry.html

Terry Fox Run

Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research 2001:569:7F6F:AB00:6580:5EE:17CF:AC3D (talk) 03:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Request changing the section on "Government Documents" to the following :

Fox was one of eight candidate finalists for having his portrait on the future $5 polymer banknotes in Canada.^[1]; on December 17, 2024 the Government of Canada announced as part of its Fall Economic Statement that he would replace Sir Wilfred Laurier on the bills ^[2]. He is shown in the 2013 rendering of the Canadian passport.^[3]

For reference, the change would be replacing the below text which is no longer current after the announcement of Terry being placed on the bills:

Fox is one of eight candidate finalists for having his portrait on the future $5 polymer banknotes in Canada.^[4] He is shown in the 2013 rendering of the Canadian passport.^[5] Birudojin (talk) 21:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done Text updated by another user (not identical to the above, but makes clear that Fox will be on the 5). LizardJr8 (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Zimonjic, Peter (9 November 2020). "Bank of Canada unveils shortlist of names under consideration for new $5 bill". CBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "Terry Fox on the $5, big money for the border — what we learned from the economic statement". CBC. CBC. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
^ Decision to remove Terry Fox from passport criticized. CBC Vancouver. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Zimonjic, Peter (9 November 2020). "Bank of Canada unveils shortlist of names under consideration for new $5 bill". CBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ Decision to remove Terry Fox from passport criticized. CBC Vancouver. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via YouTube.

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080704121456/http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/fox-terry.html

[2] Zimonjic, Peter (9 November 2020). "Bank of Canada unveils shortlist of names under consideration for new $5 bill". CBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[3] "Terry Fox on the $5, big money for the border — what we learned from the economic statement". CBC. CBC. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

[4] Decision to remove Terry Fox from passport criticized. CBC Vancouver. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via YouTube.

[5] Zimonjic, Peter (9 November 2020). "Bank of Canada unveils shortlist of names under consideration for new $5 bill". CBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[6] Decision to remove Terry Fox from passport criticized. CBC Vancouver. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via YouTube.

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