Guinness officially recognizes Calgary head shave record

It's official.

Guinness World Records has justrecognized a March fundraiser involving 329 Calgary firefighters simultaneously shaving their heads as the largest ever.

Including the CBC's ownAngela Knight andmembers of the CBC Do Crew the group shed their locks at the Calgary Fire Department's southeast training academy.

The group more than tripled its initial goal of raising$40,000, finishing with a total of $140,000 for theCanadian Cancer Society.

The previous world record was 267 heads shaved simultaneously, set at another cancer fundraiser in Ontario last May.

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