Heard On The Hill

Dragon boat season on the horizon

Members of the European Union Delegation’s team prepare to paddle in the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival on June 27, 2015 at Mooney’s Bay. From front left: captain Petra Auster and Annegret Hayward, EU assistant Mélina Chimal-Pilon, and Austrian assistant Annkathrin Diehl, Romanian second secretary Silvana Bolocan (turned head) and Portuguese deputy João Sabido Costa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 4, 2016

Public servants and embassy staff are signing up once again to shed their business-wear for life preservers and a chance at glory. Entries are already rolling in for the annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, a contest for bragging rights among 200 teams of ...

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