After more than 900 kilometres, a Tataskweyak Cree Nation woman reached the finish line of a run across Manitoba to raise awareness about diabetes in Indigenous communities.
Tamara Beardy, who is a member of the northeastern Manitoba First Nation (also known as Split Lake), left the community on Aug. 13 on her awareness-raising run.
She finished Saturday at Oodena Celebration Circle at The Forks in Winnipeg, flanked by family, a fellow runner and other supporters, including a large group of young people who a made the trip from Tataskweyak Cree Nation — about 125 kilometres east of the northern Manitoba city of Thompson — to Winnipeg to help
