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Prime Minister’s summer tour stops today in the Magdalen Islands

Aug 19, 2022 | 2:02 AM

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel today to the beautiful Magdalen Islands in Quebec.

Trudeau’s office says he is the first prime minister in two decades to visit the small archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

His islands tour will include a stop at a microbrewery and a bakery.

The islands, known in French as Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, are geographically closer to the Maritimes but are part of Quebec.