Prostate Cancer Canada award renamed in Mark Dailey’s honour

He was passionate about the news, but late CityNews anchor Mark Dailey was equally devoted to raising awareness about men’s health issues.

On Thursday Mark received a posthumous honour from Prostate Cancer Canada. The group permanently renamed their local hero award in recognition of Mark’s tireless efforts to raise awareness about the disease.

“The local hero award is certainly a nice name, but it’s not the right name for this award in Toronto any longer,” Prostate Cancer Canada’s president and CEO Steve Jones said.

Mark’s wife, Kim, was on hand Thursday when the group presented the first honour in her late husband’s name — the Mark Dailey Local Hero Award. Patrick Meneley was this year’s recipient.

“This is wonderful. He was such an advocate for prostate cancer. I’m really glad that they did this and I know he would’ve been really honoured,” she said.

“This was something he truly gave of himself, from televising his prostate cancer [brachytherapy] therapy treatment. Right through to the very end he was still an advocate. …This was really important to him and so it’s really important to me.”

The local news legend became a brave and vocal advocate for men’s health issues after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004. He served on Prostate Cancer Canada’s board of directors.

Mark chronicled his battle with the disease he eventually beat in his five-part series “Journey to a Cure” on CityNews. Watch it here.

Mark passed away last December, just months after announcing he had kidney cancer, which later spread to his lungs. He was 57.

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