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Expect busy long weekend: BC Ferries

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Aug, 2023 03:45 PM
  • Expect busy long weekend: BC Ferries

Staff with BC Ferries are bracing for the busiest long weekend of the year, after a summer of delays, cancellations and communication problems. 

More than 580-thousand passengers and 210-thousand vehicles are expected to travel with B-C Ferries between today and Tuesday.

BC Ferries says it has pulled out all the stops to ensure smoother sailing this weekend.

Passengers are being urged to travel during off-peak times. 

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