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Helping hands at Courtenay’s Mile of Flowers plant-in
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189 Port Augusta Sea Cadets (from left) Evan Laughy, Jack Marriott, and Iain Peterson lend helping hands during the annual Mile Of Flowers plant-in along Cliffe Avenue in Courtenay, Tuesday. The Mile of Flowers is a tradition dating back to 1967, when Kathleen Kirk set out to commemorate Canada’s centennial year. That year she planted 7,800 seedlings as a welcome to tourists. What began as the initiative of one woman now involves hundreds of volunteers and around 30,000 (City provided) flowers.