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Believe "It is what gets me through the day. If I didn't have belief I would not have the hope and without hope one may as well give up and that is something I just cannot do." — Anita Bassett Cochrane

“When you push off from the dock… we’re all in the same boat. This isn’t about cancer anymore. It’s about exercise and health and the rest of your life. When we push off we’re paddling away from breast cancer.” — Dr. Don McKenzie, Founder, Abreast In A Boat

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Canada

Alberta

Abreast of 'bridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Pat Mackintosh, doug.mack@shaw.ca

Breast Friends, Edmonton, Alberta
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mails: Ellen Atkinson, em.atkinson@shaw.ca

Sistership, Calgary, Alberta.
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Heather Webber, hwebber@shaw.ca

British Columbia

Abreast In A Boat, Vancouver, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 1996
E-mail: teamcontact@abreastinaboat.com
Website: www.abreastinaboat.com

Abreast In The Rockies, Cranbrook, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2006
E-mail: Sandy Zeznik, szeznik@shaw.ca

Abreast of Life, Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Georgia Maclean can2@shaw.ca
Website: www.abreastoflifecvi.com

Angels Abreast, Nanaimo, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2001
E-mail: angelsabreast@hotmail.com
Website: www.angels-abreast.ca

Buoyant Buddies, Vernon, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: Joanne Taylor, taylorsd40@hotmail.com

Bustn' Loose, Kelowna, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Judy, bustnloose@hotmail.com

Dragon Divas, Duncan, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: info@dragondivas.ca
Website: www.dragondivas.ca

Friends Abreast, Shuswap, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2002
E-mail: Donna Hazell, comhaven@jetstream.net

Hope Afloat - Canada, Comox, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2002
E-mail: mpetersen@shaw.ca
Website: www.hopeafloatcanada.ca

Island Breaststrokers, Victoria, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 1997
E-mail: Etiennette Soulodre, etiennette.soulodre@tvcs.ca
Website: www.islandbreaststrokers.com

Kootenay Rhythm Dragons, Nelson, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: Mary Walters, mbwalters@telus.net
Website: www.kootenayrhythmdragons.ca

Kootenay Robusters, Trail, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2001
E-mail: Sheana Green (Manager), sheanagreen@telus.net
Website: www.kootenayrobusters.com

NorthBreast Passage, Prince George, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Becky Girard, bgirard@telus.ca

North Shore Dragon Busters, North Shore, Vancouver, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2008
E-mail: communication@dragonbusters.ca
Website: www.dragonbusters.ca
See a photo of the Dragon Busters.

Paddling for Life, Powell River, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2002
E-mail: harpstrings@shaw.ca

Pink Panthers, Nanaimo, British Columbia
First dragon boat season: 2006
E-mail: nixon@malu.bc.ca

Pink Piston Paddlers, Shuswap, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2006
E-mail: Cynde Russell, pinkpistonpaddlers@gmail.com
Website: www.pinkpistonpaddlers.ca

Rainbow Warriors, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: lorimcw@citytel.net

River Spirit, Campbell River, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2003
E-mail: Ingrid Thomas, thominbc@hotmail.com
Website: www.riverspirit.ca

Spirit Abreast, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2002
E-mail: perrinoyd@telus.net
Website: www.spiritabreast.com

Sunshine Dragons Abreast, Sechelt, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2005
E-mail: Sally Haugen shaugen@dccnet.com

Survivorship, South Okanagan, British Columbia.
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Sharon DeGelder, survivorship@shaw.ca
Website: www.survivorshipteam.org

Manitoba

Chemo Savvy, Winnipeg, Manitoba
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Sherry Wallis, chemosvy@mts.net
Website: www.chemosavvy.ca

Waves of Hope, Brandon, Manitoba
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Arlene Woods, ANCRUM@mb.sympatico.ca
and Diane Harrington, dianeh@mts.net
Website: www.wavesofhope.ca

New Brunswick

Breasts Ahoy, Saint John, New Brunswick
First dragon boat season: 2003
E-mail: Breasts Ahoy, generalInfo@breastsahoy.abcn.ca
Website: breastsahoy.com

Newfoundland

Avalon Dragon Boat Team
First dragon boat season: 2006
E-mail: avalondragonboating@gmail.com
Website: www.avalondragonboating.com

Nova Scotia

Abreast a River, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Susan Hartley, sc.hartley@ns.sympatico.ca

Bosom Buddies, a Nova Scotia provincial team
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Marylin Hergett, mjh@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.bosombuddies.ca

Cape Breastoners, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
First dragon boat season: 2001
E-mail: Cora Shebib, President, lcshebib@syd.eastlink.ca

Ontario

A Breast Or Knot, Windsor, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: Lyn Turner, abreastorknot@hotmail.com
Website: www.knotabreast.ca

Breast Buddies, Chatham, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2001
E-mail: Barbara Toye, Team Manager, btoye1@cogeco.ca and
Karen Armitage, Team Captain, cocobear@cogeco.ca

Busting Out, Ottawa, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Frances Sandford-Smith, Team Coordinator, frances.sandfordsmith@gmail.com
Website: www.bustingout.ca

Canadians Abreast - Messengers of Hope, National Team
First dragon boat season: 2002
E-mail: Darlene Prager, mancany@ptbo.igs.net
Website: canadiansabreast.com

Chestmates, Kingston, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Suzanne Bodner, bodnersuz@primus.ca

Dragon Flies, Lindsay, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2003
E-mail: info@thedragonflies.org
Website: www.thedragonflies.org

Dragons Abreast, Toronto, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Doreen Davenport, doreend01@aol.com
Website: www.dragonsabreast.org

Dragons of Hope, Thunder Bay, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: slecky53@hotmail.com

Guelph Breaststrokes, Guelph, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: mvisserkerr@rogers.com

Knot A Breast, Hamilton, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Helen Shearer, bhshearer@sympatico.ca

Kupsized, Stratford, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Wendy Hunter Beintema,beintema@strat.net

Pink Dragons, Belleville/Trenton, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2003 (?)
E-mail: Beth Wylie, wylieb@hotmail.com

Pink Sensations, Pickering, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: info@pinksensations.com
Website: www.pinksensations.com

Ribbons of Hope, Barrie, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2003
E-mail: Susan Macallum barriesribbonsofhope@yahoo.ca

Rowbust, London, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Penny Dobbs or Linda Kuska, rowbust_dragonboat_racing_team@hotmail.com

Survivor Thrivers, Cobourg, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Edith Carr, edicar@sympatico.ca

Survivors Abreast, Peterborough, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Darlene Prager, macany @ptbo.igs.net
Website: www.survivorsabreast.com

Warriors of Hope, North Bay, Ontario
First dragon boat season: 2000
E-mail: Margaret Kervin, appletreekitchens@sympatico.ca
Website: WarriorsOfHope.com

Wonder Broads, Windsor, Ontario
First dragon boat festival: 2003
E-mail: Peggy Hurley, phurley@netcom.ca

Quebec

Two Abreast, or Côte-à-Côte, Montreal, Quebec
First dragon boat season: 1998
E-mail: Marlene Lallo, m_lallo@hotmail.com
Website: www.twoabreast.ca

Vise-à-Vie, Quebec City, Quebec
(a little play on words, but means focus on life)
First dragon boat season: 2004
E-mail: Jocelyne Boutet, jobouz@sympatico.ca
Website: www.viseavie.com

West Island Dragons, Pointe Claire, Quebec
( or "Les Dragons de l'ouest-de-l'ile" )
First dragon boat season: 2003
E-mail: westislanddragons@live.com
Website: www.westislanddragons.com

Saskatchewan

Busting with Energy, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
First dragon boat season: 1999
E-mail: Sandra Messett, info@bustingwithenergy.com
Website: http://www.bustingwithenergy.com/

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