Fifteen years later, Community Strong Race Weekend honours teen lost to suicide

Last year, a couple from Montreal travelled to Sault Ste. Marie to qualify for the Boston Marathon. Unbeknownst to them, the Community Strong Race Weekend is held each year in memory of Brett Provenzano, who died by suicide in 2010 at just 15 years old. Gail Provenzano, Brett’s mother, approached the couple and thanked them for attending, and shared how the race began. “She looked at me, and she had lost her brother to suicide, and she gave me a big hug,” said Provenzano. &ldqu