It started as a simple idea to raise money in honor of two friends lost to cancer. Now, five years later, the On Board paddling event launched by Madeline Leblanc returns to the Welland Recreational Canal Sunday, July 21. Leblanc, 22, first fell in love with the sport of stand up paddleboarding at the age of 10 and bought her first board in 2012. Two years later, she launched the On Board event in memory of her two friends who had died of cancer - Julia Turner, who died at the age of 15 and Lynn...
