A 28 year old from Kamloops –  who ran across Canada and back for a cause close to his heart, made a stop in Penticton on Wednesday before heading to Oliver.

Fast Eddy was in the city as part of his There and Back journey across Canada, to raise awareness and research funding for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Eddy was inspired to take on the challenge, after his grandmother was affected by Alzheimer’s.

Statistics also show there is still a 12 per cent fatality rate with breast cancer and one in three people know someone with Alzheimer’s, he said.

He started in Victoria in 2015, travelling across Canada to Cape Spear then running all the way back.

The trip, which has been solo and unsupported, ends Oct. 29 in Victoria.

(Edward Dostaler known as Fast Eddy, is a Canadian charity runner who is running solo across Canada and back to raise money for Breast Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in Hinton, Alberta he currently resides in Kamloops)

Source – files from Castanet and Wikipedia