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Lost Flight May Be Returned To Islands

The aerial link between the regional airports in Mont-Joli and on the Magdalen Islands which had been interrupted in June 2009, may start up again this winter.

The aerial link that was created in October of 2008 was interrupted because there were insufficient numbers of passengers using the option.  Exact Air needed at [...]

Captain Wayne Dickson Receives Honour

Captain Wayne Dickson of Entry Island

Captain Wayne Dickson of Entry Island has received the medal of public-spiritedness at the National Assembly of Quebec, on Monday, November 9th, 2009, in regard to his actions during the tragedy of the Acadien II, on March 29, 2008.

The Islander Captain and his crew had taken part in rescuing [...]

Acadien II Shipwreck Indemnities Petitioned

On November 21, 2009, the survivors and the families of the four seal hunters, who were lost during the shipwreck of the Acadien II, in March of 2008, have petitioned for 2.7 million dollars from the Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, [in damages].

Their petition as been handed to the Federal Court and [...]

Government of Canada grants $133,540 in funding to the Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders

Denis Lebel

Support for tourism development in Grosse-Île

Grosse-Île, Quebec, October 27, 2009 – The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, today announced that the Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders has been awarded $133,540 in non-repayable funding under the Community Economic Diversification Initiative – Vitality to establish a tourism development plan for [...]

The Voluntary Vaccination Campaign Countering the Swine Flu (H1N1) Starts

At a press conference held on October 22, 2009, the representatives of the Regional Organization of Civil Security and the Health and Social Services Agency of the Gaspesia and the Magdalen Islands presented the actions taken to counter the feared H1N1 pandemic by giving general information on the important vaccine campaign which will be progressively [...]