Should YVR be renamed Terry Fox International Airport?
Updated: Thu Aug. 20 2009 17:10:24 var byString = “”; var sourceString = “ctvbc.ca”; if ((sourceString != “”) && (byString != “”)) { document.write(byString + “, “); } else { document.write(byString); } ctvbc.ca A bid to change the name of the Vancouver International Airport to honour Canadian legend Terry Fox is gaining steam online. A Facebook group, “Petition to change the name of YVR to the Terry Fox airport goal 1 million,” already has 2,300 members. The group was created in 2008 by Robert Ganzer, a 29-year-old Camosun College student in Victoria. He says the number of members has almost doubled this week due to recent media attention. The official petition website — TerryFoxAirport.com — launched Thursday. Ganzer intends to forward the petition to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, as well as the YVR airport authority, once he reaches 100,000 online signatures. Terry Fox, who was raised in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was forced to have his right leg amputated because of bone cancer in 197
