Tens of thousands turn up downtown for weekend events

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In the heart of downtown, people enjoyed walking through 13 blocks of Victoria Street looking at the fancy cars on display at Hot Nite in the City, and if that weren’t enough, the Dragon Boat Festival was taking place along the South Thompson River.

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Several downtown merchants told us they’d never seen it that busy downtown.

The weather was a little mixed, but overall the bad weather held off.

At one point, there were advisories for people to take the city busses to the events, as there was literally no parking in the downtown core.

Totals for the fundraising events like the Ribfest are expected in the next couple of days.