The annual CIBC Run for the Cure in Vancouver returned on Sunday after a two-year pandemic pause. Thousands of runners and walkers showed up for the event, which took place in downtown Vancouver at Concord Community Park. Among those running was a group of forty-one female firefighters from around the province. “Firefighters are at greater risk of getting cancer, simply from the carcinogens and the things we are exposed to in our workplace,” said Jenn Dawkins, a Vancouver firefighter, cancer survivor and participant in the run. “I am so excited that we have 40 firefighters out here (on Sunday).” The group of firefighters is with Fire Service Women BC, a non-profit organization that aims to support women in the fire service industry. The event’s goal is to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Those that organize the event said they have raised over $13 million dollars through their runs. Funds raised go towards helping thousands of people get breast cancer treatments, providing wigs, headwear and breast prostheses, as well as community support and research, according to the CIBC Run for the Cure website.

The leftist Workers’ Party candidate and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the most votes, but not enough to defeat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro of the far-right Workers’ Party in a runoff election.
Bolsonaro had 43. 6% of the vote while da Silva had 47. 9% after 97% of the votes were counted. No candidate obtained more than 50% of the total valid votes, excluding spoiled and blank ballots, hence a runoff election will be held on October 30 between the two.

The Brazilian electoral commission declared that a second round was inescapable late on Sunday (local time).
The fiercely polarised election will decide whether the nation elects a leftist to head the fourth-largest democracy in the world or retains the far-right president in power for a further four years.

The government of Bolsonaro has been characterised by inflammatory speeches, his testing of democratic institutions, his management of the Covid-19 outbreak, which has drawn widespread criticism, and the biggest destruction in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years. But he has gained support by standing up for conservative principles and portraying himself as defending the country against leftist policies, which he claims violate individual liberties and cause economic unrest.

Da Silva is recognised with developing an enormous social welfare programme during his 2003-2010 tenure that helped raise tens of millions into the middle class. He is also famous for the massive corruption scandals his administration was involved in and for his personal convictions, which the Supreme Court ultimately overturned.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the annual CIBC Run for the Cure in Vancouver resumed on Sunday.
The event, which was held at Concord Community Park in downtown Vancouver, drew thousands of runners and walkers.
A group of 41 female firemen from throughout the province were among those running.
According to Jenn Dawkins, a Vancouver fireman, cancer survivor, and participant in the marathon, “Firefighters are at greater risk of developing cancer, simply from the carcinogens and the stuff we are exposed to in our employment.”
I am really happy that there will be 40 firefighters here on Sunday.
The group of firefighters is a part of Fire Service Women BC, a nonprofit with the mission of assisting women working in the fire service.
The aim of the event