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Miramichi's Laura Dickinson named flag bearer for Team N.B.

Laura Dickinson of Miramichi will hold up the New Brunswick flag at the opening ceremonies for the Canada Games in Winnipeg.

Dickinson will carry the New Brunswick flag at the Canada Games opening ceremonies on Friday

Chef de mission Nicole Smith, Team New Brunswick flag bearer Laura Dickinson and the Summer Games mascot Niibin at the airport in Winnipeg. (Bruce Macfarlane)

Laura Dickinson of Miramichi will walk in with theNew Brunswick flag at the opening ceremonies for the Canada Games in Winnipeg on Friday night.

"I'm very excited to be the flag bearer for our team this year," Dickinson said.

Laura Dickinson was named to her first national team in June 2017. (Submitted by Mike Dickinson)
"It's very exciting, especially with it being Canada's 150th anniversary."

Dickinson arrived in Winnipeg on Thursday, as part of the first wave of New Brunswick athletes. She'll run in the 5,000 metres and 3,000 metres of thesteeplechase.

"I think it's going to be a really great time at the games," the 17-year-old said.

Dickinson is having a successful summer.

She won gold in the 5,000 metres atthe 2017 Pan American U20 track and field championships inTrujillo, Peru, andbroke the provincial record there.