FREDERICTON — Jane Ostrovsky glided on Fredericton's Killarney Lake, her paddle board barely rippling the surface of the water. A skeleton and the carcass of its feline friend along with a fuzzy spider accompanied her on her purple paddle board, the Aurora Borealis.

Ostrovsky was one of the nearly 50 witches — and warlocks — who traded in their brooms for kayaks and paddle boards to ride the water Saturday morning. The event — Witches & Warlocks Paddle, organized for a second year by Radical Edge in partnership with Canoe Kayak New Brunswick — was a chance to bring together a favourite water sport and a fun holiday, Halloween.

Mist rose from the surface of the water as the coven, capes trailing, paddled and kayaked for nearly an hour on a sunny and warm day. The water shimmered like brok

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