Rick Hansen, Canada’s Man in Motion, has made numerous visits to his hometown of Williams Lake, B.C., over the years, but this one will hold special significance.
This week, Hansen is set to participate in the Williams Lake Stampede Parade, but significantly, he will be revisiting for the first time the road where, 50 years ago, he was involved in the accident that would change his life.
Hansen was just 15 on June 27, 1973, when he and his friend Don Alder hitched a ride on the back of a pickup truck after a coastal fishing trip in Bella Coola, hoping to