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Friday, August 24, 2012

Dragonboat Festival Will Be Biggest Ever Held

The annual Dragonboat Festival is taking place tomorrow with the opening ceremony at 10 in the morning at the Renforth Wharf and it will be the biggest ever with 54 teams comprised of 13 hundred paddlers.

Special Events Co-ordinator Jill Logan estimates there could be as many as 5 thousand people watching the races and taking in the entertainment which includes country singer Julian Austin as well as lots of food


The St. Joseph'sHospital Foundation is hoping to raise a quarter of a million dollars for men's health to buy a prostate ultrasound and some scopes for the urology department.

Because of the scarcity of parking, there will be shuttle buses from the Superstore parking lot.