Annual Ride for Breast Cancer Screening
For many motorcycle riders in Regina and the surrounding area, September is special.
On the third Sunday, riders gather at Prairie Harley Davidson for the Annual Ride for Breast Cancer Screening. Together, they celebrate loved ones in remission or on their cancer journey. They also remember those lost to this devastating disease.
September 14, 2025, marks the 22nd year of hitting the open road to support breast cancer patients. Proceeds will benefit the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency’s Screening Program for Breast Cancer.
For Caron Zora-Hertzog, co-owner of Prairie Harley Davidson and one of the organizers, she says the event is circled on people’s calendars.
“We always try to keep it on a similar weekend every year so that people just know when it will be,” Caron explains.
The Ride began when Gail, a member of the Harley Owners Group and the Ladies of Harley, went for her routine mammogram. She approached the Owners Group afterwards saying, “We need to do more to ensure women have access to a screening mammogram.”
With that, the Annual Ride for Breast Cancer Screening was born.
The ride has evolved over the years. What started out as a small gathering has grown into a full-day event. About 100 riders take part annually.
“It’s hard to believe it’s been 22 years. It doesn’t feel like that long, and it’s really come full circle through the years,” says Caron.
Since 2010 the ride has raised over $350,000. The money has supported everything from the purchase of digital mammography and patient equipment to a new fully equipped breast screening unit. The unit travels across the province, providing access to mammograms for women in rural Saskatchewan.
Of the breast cancer cases detected through regular screening mammograms, 75% are diagnosed at an early Stage* allowing for more treatment options, greater survival rates and better outcomes for breast cancer patients.
This year’s event is supporting a second fully equipped breast screening unit, ensuring that Saskatchewan has the infrastructure in place to meet the demand for consistent, timely, convenient and life-saving breast screening mammography.
“I hope and believe that it (the ride) has had an impact on women being more apt or more likely to get screening. We all know that early detection does help survival rates of women, so we hope as a result, we have more women surviving breast cancer,” Caron says.