'Unacceptable': Massive BC Ferries lineups to get to Vancouver Island for the long weekend
CTV
Long weekend travellers waited hours at Tsawwassen's terminal to get to Vancouver Island by ferry on Friday, those without a reservation waiting upwards of six hours.
Long weekend travellers waited hours at Tsawwassen’s terminal to get to Vancouver Island by ferry on Friday, those without a reservation waiting upwards of six hours.
Usual long weekend traffic trouble was compounded by BC Ferries being down a vessel due to repairs, so the company has only three ferries doing the Swartz Bay – Tsawwassen route. It had to drop eight sailings each day on that route through the long weekend, and add passengers with reservations on the sidelined ship to sailings on the remaining ones.
BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall said the temporary loss of the vessel is what caused the problems.
“The sailing waits we are seeing are for passengers travelling standby,” said Marshall.
Vacationers leaving Vancouver Island had an easier go of things. Departure Bay in Nanaimo was relatively quiet – with modest waits that would be expected the Friday of a long weekend.
In Swartz Bay. there were a couple sailing waits if you didn't have reservations. The real pain was felt by travellers coming from the mainland over to Vancouver Island.
BC Ferries had warned passengers they should walk on rather than drive if they didn’t have reservations and wanted to avoid long waits -- advice many leaving Vancouver Island seem to have heeded.
A developing low pressure skirting colder air in place across eastern parts of the country will bring snow, rain, and wind to the Maritimes on Thursday.
Toronto could see the first taste of winter weather this morning as a low-pressure system brings snow to the city on Wednesday morning.
Montreal's transit authority failed to properly consult with the public over its 'indefensible' plan to force an elderly couple out of their home to build a new ventilation station in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, a commission was told Tuesday evening.
In the oldest Chinatown in the entire country sits Loy Sing, a business that holds the title of longest continually run Chinese business in North America. It has now been in operation for 136 years and counting.
The Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan is recommending that the province improve its system of monitoring sales of farmland to foreign entities.
With seven months under their belt, Gather Local Market at River Landing continues to try new ideas to move their concept forward. The latest addition is helping small businesses get off the ground.
A Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 forged documents into the country, including Canadian permanent resident cards and driver's licences.
An outspoken former Calgary bishop who was outspoken on several issues such as LGBTQ policy and school HPV vaccinations has died.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service has issued a public plea after three youths fell through the ice at a Cambridge pond.
A man was severely injured Tuesday morning when he leaped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in the Far North community of Fort Severn.