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Ferry Officer To Appeal

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The officer found guilty in the sinking of the Queen of the North ferry will appeal his conviction in the deaths of two passengers aboard ...

Did Sex, Argument Sink A B.C. Ferry?

CP | Tyler Harbottle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Karl Lilgert was either having sex or a heated argument with his former lover on the bridge of a B.C. ferry the night it hit an island and...

B.C. Officer Explains How Ferry Crashed

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - As the Queen of the North sailed into the darkness down British Columbia's Inside Passage seven years ago, the ship's navigating officer s...

NDP Promise Ferry Rate Freeze

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's Opposition New Democrats promised Wednesday to freeze ferry rates for two years while conducting an audit of BC ...

BC Ferries Crew Blamed For Crash

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has concluded the crew was partly to blame for a British Columbia ferry crashing into a dock near Nanaimo,...

Ferry Cuts Not Coming.. Yet

CBC | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The B.C. government says no cost cutting changes to the BC Ferries service are planned before the upcoming May provincial election. Trans...

BC Ferries Posts MASSIVE Loss

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries) says it absorbed a net loss of $17.2 million in its third quarter ending Dec. 31, 2012.Th...

Inadequately Staffed Before Deadly Crash?

CP | Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The bridge of an ill-fated British Columbia ferry may not have been staffed according to federal government regulations before the ship sl...

Accused Crew Member Appeared Suicidal: Ferry Trial

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The crew member who was navigating the Queen of the North passenger ferry when it sank, leaving two passengers missing, appeared distraugh...

Ferry Hit Like A 'Gong': Engineer

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Lynn Cloutier was asleep in her cabin on the second deck of the Queen of the North passenger ferry when she was rattled awake by a sound l...

Pot Bust At Nanaimo Ferry Terminal

CBC | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Nanaimo RCMP made one of their largest marijuana busts when they arrested a man with more than 22 kilograms of marijuana at the Departure Bay ferry te...

What BC Ferry Crew Said The Night It Sank

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The first moment anyone from the outside world knew something was amiss on the Queen of the North passenger ferry, crippled and taking on ...

Love Did Not Sink B.C. Boat: Defence

CBC | Posted 03.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

A romantic affair between two crew members, one of whom was in charge of the Queen of the North ferry that sank off B.C.’s north coast seven years a...

B.C. Fiscal Tsunami Comes From Creative Accounting

Dermod_Travis | Posted 03.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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B.C.'s budgets are chalk full of household terms like "Notional Allocations to Contingencies." What they are not is an exercise in clarity or brevity. The B.C. government's 2012 budget came in at a mind-numbing 64,000 words — or one-third the length of the Old Testament.

Sunken B.C. Ferry Navigator On Trial

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The officer in charge of a B.C. Ferry when it struck an island and sank in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence c...

What Caused A BC Ferry Crash?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Engine trouble and a misunderstanding between the bridge and engine room caused a BC Ferry to ram the dock at the Departure Bay ferry termi...

BC Ferries Refund Could Hurt Delta

CBC | Posted 01.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The municipality of Delta is worried it could be facing the same fate as West Vancouver, which recently learned it has to refund BC Ferries hundreds o...

BC Ferries Makes Money

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - BC Ferries made some money in the last quarter, thanks to a boost in traffic for August and September.British Columbia Ferries Services Inc...

Ferry Cuts, Hikes Worry Islanders

CBC | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Several dozen B.C., residents filed into hotel ballroom on Salt Spring Island Thursday to voice their concerns about future fare hikes and service cut...

Skyrocketing Ferry Costs Under The Microscope

CBC | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

B.C.'s Transportation Minister Mary Polak is asking the public to take part in a consultation process on the future of BC Ferries to help find a bette...

Fire Forces BC Ferry Out Of Service

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - A B.C. ferry is expected to return to service only a day after it was removed from a popular route between Vancouver Island and the mainlan...

BC Ferries Fare Hikes Capped

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - BC Ferry customers will soon be paying more for less service.British Columbia Ferry Services spokeswoman Deb Marshall said Monday ferry use...

BC Ferries Made Money!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.24.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - BC Ferries says it has sailed much smoother waters when it comes to its earnings this year compared to 2011.The corporation has released i...

BC Ferries Cancels Some Tsawassen-Swartz Bay Sailings

CBC | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Travel

BC Ferries took one of the fleet's main vessels out of service just days before one of the summer's busiest long weekends, but failed to get the word ...

Ferry Service Reports Whopping Loss

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada Business

VICTORIA - BC Ferries is reporting losses of more than $16 million this year, with vehicle traffic on its ships at a 13-year low and the fewest passen...