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The 18th annual Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad charity event raised over $500,000 on May 30, 2026 in Winnipeg (Cliff Simpson, CityNews)<\/p>\nOver 1,500 bikers from across Manitoba gathered in Winnipeg for the 18th annual Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad (MFRD) to raise over $535,000 for prostrate cancer research and education.<\/p>\n
Riders started from Earls Polo Park, headed west in a police escorted parade down Portage Avenue to Moray Street, then north to Selkirk, Gimli and back. The MRFD culminated with a wind-up celebration at Cowboys, Canad Inns Windsor Park.<\/p>\n
Several Manitoba leaders like Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham, Manitoba Minister of Technology and Innovation Mike Moroz and Winnipeg West MP Doug Eyolfson and Cal Berzuk, CEO, Winnipeg Police Credit Union spoke at the event before the ride.<\/p>\n
The 18th annual Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad charity event raised over $500,000 on May 30, 2026 in Winnipeg (Cliff Simpson, CityNews)<\/p>\n
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Bikers at Manitoba Motorcycle Ride rode from Earls Polo Park through Winnipeg streets on May 30, 2026 (Cliff Simpson, CityNews)<\/p>\n
Established in 2009, the ride has raised over $6.5 million to fight the disease.<\/p>\n
Jackson Gordon, an executive at MFRD said, \u201cAll the money that we raise goes towards prostate cancer research in Manitoba . So all the money stays here within Manitoba to help save the people that you love.\u201d<\/p>\n
For some bikers like Tom and Lynda Fulton, the event was personal having lost their close friend Dennis Furlan to the disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s close to home, it\u2019s close to our heart and I want to make sure that he\u2019s good so yeah that\u2019s why we\u2019re here today and we have a good time,\u201d Linda said.<\/p>\n
Tom said men should get tested because of how widespread the disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there is hardly anybody I know and anybody that anybody knows that hasn\u2019t lost somebody to prostate cancer,\u201d said Tom said.<\/p>\n
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer amongst men in Canada and it\u2019s the second leading cause in death from cancer in men.<\/p>\n
They lost their close friend Dennis Furlan whom they honour every ride with \u201cHarley pig\u201d \u2014 a stuffed pig that is dressed like a biker on the back of a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
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Bikers Tom and Lynda Fulton honour their friend lost to prostrate cancer with Harley pig at the Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad charity event in Winnipeg on May 30, 2026 (Cliff Simpson, CityNews)<\/p>\n
Biker Scott McArthur participated in the ride in a stormtrooper motorcycle suit, fusing fight against cancer with his passion for Star Wars.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think men historically tend to avoid going to a doctor and I think they should when they\u2019re feeling not right, that\u2019s sort of the mantra of men right. ignore it till it\u2019s too far gone right. but in this case, the sooner you get there the better,\u201d McArthur said.<\/p>\n
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