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Nancy Hanna, Founder Of The Dragon Flies Receives Kings Coronation Medal

By Pamela Vanmeer

March 13, 2025

Front Row Bonnie Manintveld, Mayor Doug Elmslie, Councillor Tracy Richardson, Nancy Hanna, MPP Laurie Scott, Kim Coulter RMH

KAWARTHA LAKES-The founder of the Dragon Flies has been awarded the King Charles Coronation Medal. In a surprise ceremony at the Oakwood Lions Hall, Hanna was honoured for her 23 years of service raising money an awareness of breast cancer. The Dragon Flies is a Dragon boat team made up of a group of cancer survivors. Since 2002 they have raised almost $1.7 million for local cancer initiatives including $430,000 for the Ross memorial Hospital. Hanna is a driving force behind the initiative. Find out more in our video below!

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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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