Ryan Reynolds urges Ontario town to rename arena after 9-year-old girl
- Ryan Reynolds spoke to Cobourg Town Council about renaming the Pond Arena after Grace Bowen, a local girl who inspired him.
- Grace Bowen suffered from osteosarcoma and passed away in 2014, shortly after meeting Reynolds during his Canada’s Walk of Fame induction.
- The council members unanimously supported the renaming after discussions with Reynolds and the Bowen family, pending a full vote on April 30.
- Reynolds stated, 'I was just really taken by Grace... She has the sort of sense of calm and sense of well-being.
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Ryan Reynolds urges renaming Ontario arena after young girl lost to cancer
Ryan Reynolds has personally urged Cobourg, Ont., committee members to rename the town’s arena after nine-year-old Grace Bowen, who died of cancer in 2015. Reynolds befriended Bowen through Toronto's SickKids Foundation.
‘She changed my life’: Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds takes a role in small-town Ontario politics for a little girl
The “Deadpool” star appeared virtually at a Cobourg committee on Wednesday to ask that a local arena be renamed in honour of Grace Bowen, who died from cancer in 2015.
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