While government insists that it does not want to incur the cost of replacing the Queen of Chilliwack on the Discovery Coast route, they have no problem incurring much greater costs on other routes. BC Ferries recently announced the construction…
While government insists that it does not want to incur the cost of replacing the Queen of Chilliwack on the Discovery Coast route, they have no problem incurring much greater costs on other routes. BC Ferries recently announced the construction…
Transportation Minister Todd Stone claims that he wants a ferry service “more appropriate to the traffic levels” on the Discovery Coast, but by replacing a 115-vehicle full-service vessel with an open deck car barge that can only hold 16 vehicles, the…
The BC government is operating under a policy of “decide first, ask questions later” on matters affecting a wide range of British Columbians. This policy first arose when Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced his service cuts to BC Ferries last…
With BC Ferries service reductions for North Coast routes now in place, Haida Gwaii School District students are finding it difficult to make the trip to participate in sports and extra curricular activities. Secretary Treasurer Angus Wilson says students on…
Until 2013 the Discovery Coast ferry service supported not only tourism operators, but also related businesses such as gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants, and an Aboriginal cultural industry. But by cancelling the ferry service between Bella Coola and Port Hardy…
While the government comes up with increasingly desperate justifications for its decision to cancel the Discovery Coast ferry, the fight to restore this vital service for residents of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast and Northern Vancouver Island goes on. And now…
Push to LNG industries abandons existing revenues Lost in the uproar and psycho-babble surrounding the cuts to various BC Ferries routes (done to save the taxpayer some money, if you buy the story the government is selling) lurks a far…
Transportation Minister Todd Stone may claim government investment in BC Ferries is “all about keeping fares down as low as possible”, but that’s yet another example of the mischaracterizations and misstatements he’s made about the extensive cuts to the ferry…
BC Ferries will upgrade the MV Nimpkish ferry to provide food, water, washrooms, seating and shelter for passengers on the summer run from Bella Bella to Bella Coola, to effort to retain traffic on the Discovery Coast circle tour. Transportation…
BC Ferries passengers sailing from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay will have longer gaps between trips on Sunday under the reduced schedule announced March 31. Starting April 28, the new schedule retains the first Sunday sailing from Langdale at 6:20 a.m.,…