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.
Retail stores will be allowed 15 per cent customer capacity rather than the current 25 per cent, and low-intensity group fitness activities are once again banned.
Four fires occurred April 1 in the Downtown Eastside after someone set fire to garbage bins.
The B.C. government granted Teal permits last year to cut timber within three areas of its tenure of about 595 square kilometres.
Strathcona Park has been occupied since last June by people living in up to 400 tents. The province has promised to provide housing by April 30.
Police attempted a traffic stop, but the driver kept going and a short time later they received a report that the same truck had crashed through the wall of a gym, hitting the women.
In some places the B.1.1.7 variant has become the dominant strain, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said Tuesday.