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Cop credits running for mental health during Wounded Warriors Nanaimo stop

2024 Wounded Warrior Run B.C.’s Daryl Baswick talks about healing effect of running
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Nathalie Butler, left, Yanna Hempler and Jacqueline Zweng, round Bowen Road onto East Wellington Road as Wounded Warriors Run B.C. made a stop in Nanaimo March 1. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

A Vancouver Island police officer taking part in a fundraising tour, that raises awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder, finds solace in running.

Wounded Warrior Run B.C. sees a team, that includes first responders and members of the Armed Forces, traversing north to south Vancouver Island. At a tour stop in Nanaimo Friday, March 1, Daryl Baswick, a Victoria Police Department member, spoke of the therapeutic nature of running.

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