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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Dragonboat Festival A Big Success Exceeding Its Goal

Renforth Wharf was a scene of warrior paint, cheering, music and most of all, Dragonboat racing.

Special Events Co-ordinator Jill Logan tells CHSJ News the weather couldn't have been more beautiful for yesterdays Dragonboat Festival.

She said this years theme was "Go Blue" and teams went really wild and crazy with the idea, which made the event really enjoyable.

253 thousand dollars was raised for mens health and all of it will go towards buying a prostate ultrasound and high def scopes for the urology department at St. Joseph's Hospital.

54 teams with a total of 13 hundred paddlers took part in the festival this year.