Thousands of people walked through downtown Toronto Saturday to raise more than $3.6 million for cancer research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the largest amount raised by a walk to support the centre in six years.

Participants in the Walk to Conquer Cancer, organized by the centre's charity foundation, started the 21 kilometre walk at the waterfront, then passed through several downtown neighbourhoods. Along the way, they made a stop at the centre.

The walk's opening ceremony featured fashion and TV icon Jeanne Beker, who shared her story about being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer.

Beker said doctors found a mass after she had a mammogram shortly after her 70th birthday in 2022. She went for an ultrasound a few days later, and was told she needed an MRI and a biopsy.

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