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ON GLOBAL MARITIMES.
>> Ron: OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL
SPORTS TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE SUPPORTED THE CANADIAN
BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION.
WELL, NOW, THE NEW NATIONAL
BASKETBALL LEAGUE OF CANADA IS
THROWING ITS SUPPORT BEHIND THE
FOUNDATION AND WILL HOLD
FUNDRAISERS AT HOME GAMES OVER
THE NEXT MONTH.
TONIGHT GLOBAL'S RAY BRADSHAW
HAS THAT STORY.
>> Reporter: THE NEW NATIONAL
BASKETBALL LEAGUE OF CANADA WILL
CLIMB ABOARD THE PINK BUS AND
WILL HOLD FUNDRAISERS OVER THE
NEXT MONTH TO SUPPORT THE
CANADIAN BREAST CANCER
FOUNDATION.
THEY ARE CALLING IT "CURE ON THE
COURT."
>> Interview: WE ARE JUST PROUD
TO BE SUPPORTING IT FROM A
LEAGUE STANDPOINT SO WE'RE GOING
TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN
RAISE FOR THIS CAUSE AND
HOPEFULLY HELP CONTRIBUTE TO
FINALLY FINDING A CURE FOR THIS
DREAD SQUEEZE.
>> Interview: WE'RE VERY, VERY
HONOURED THAT THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL LEAGUE OF CANADA
DECIDED TO COME TO US, THE
CANADIAN BREAST CANCER
FOUNDATION, WITH AN INITIATIVE
THAT IS THIS BROAD IN SCOPE.
>> Reporter: THE HALIFAX MOOSE
HAD STARTED THE "PINK IN THE
RINK" PROGRAMME AND ALL TEAMS IN
THE Q LEAGUE HOLD A FUN RAISER
FOR BREAST CANCER.
THEY WEAR PINK UNIFORMS AND THE
ICE HAS BEEN CONTINUED PINKS.
THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS WON'T BE
GOING TO THAT EXTENT THIS YEAR.
>> Interview: WE'LL HAVE ON PINK
SOX AND I'M SURE SOME OF THE
GUYS, PROBABLY A GUY LIKE KRUK
SHANK WILL PROBABLY COME OUT
WITH SOMETHING FUNNY ON ON THIS
TEAM.
>> Interview: I MIGHT BE WEARING
SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M A
CHARACTER IN THAT SENSE.
>> Reporter: WILL IT BE PINK
SHOE LACES?
IN ANY EVENT IT WILL HAVE
SPECIAL MEANING TO THE ONLY
MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL RAINMEN.
>> Interview: I LOST MY MOTHER
TO CANCER 10 YEARS AGO, AND I
HAVE A MOTHER HERE IN CANADA,
DAWN RUDOLPH, WHO IS A, SHE IS A
BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR.
>> Reporter: THE TEAMS WILL
COMPETE AMONGST THEMSELVES TO
SEE WHICH ONE CAN RAISE THE MOST
MONEY.
THEY'LL HAVE VARIOUS PROMOTION
WITNESS THE CROWD INCLUDING
RAFFLES.
>> Interview: WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOME PINK JERSEYS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO GET SIGNED BY THE
PLAYERS AND TRAVELED OFF AT OUR
GAMES.
>> Interview: THIS IS THE REASON
WHY, THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO
GIVE OVER $1 MILLION IN RESEARCH
GRANTS.
IT WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
COMMUNITY SORT AND
INITIATINGTIVES SUCH AS THESE.
>> Reporter: FANS DRESS IN PINK
AT THE MOOSE HEAD BREAST CANCER
FUNDRAISER, THE SAME IS EXPECTED
AT THE BASKETBALL GAMES.
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM
THE 7 GAMES WILL BE DONATED TO
THE CANADIAN BREAST CANCER
FOUNDATION, ONTARIO AND ATLANTIC
REGIONS, RAY BRADSHAW, GLOBAL
NEWS, HALIFAX.
>> Ron: HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
CURE ON THE COURT HOME GAMES FOR
THE NBL'S MARITIME TEAMS.