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As with all coastal regions, the Magdalen Islands is suffering from the almost constant buffering of the wind and the waves from off the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Unlike most places though, the islands is mostly made of of sand and compressed sandstone, of which neither is of much protection against the elements of nature. There [...] 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 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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