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The visit from the orcas on Saturday, right in front of Maffeo Sutton Park, was one of numerous highlights of the Save-On-Foods Nanaimo Dragonboat Festival this past weekend, July 5-7.
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Other than the short orca delay, things pretty much went to plan over the festival weekend.
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Witham said despite the rain, the seas were calm, and said practices in the channel are often held on much choppier water.
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