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.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says nearly 94 per cent of practising and regulated professionals have received at least two doses of a vaccine or have a medical exemption from her office as of April 25.
VPD officers were called to Crab Park around 10:20 a.m. May 7 after Wadden was assaulted by two men. Yesterday, 18-year-old David Bentil was charged with second-degree murder.
Defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre told a parliamentary committee Monday night that the Defence Department had checked and verified the credentials of 3,800 Afghans, including interpreters, who supported the Canadian military.
Speaking from Berlin, she says she was told not to step off the sidewalk in Irpin because the Russians planted so many mines in the town, including around people's homes, before their retreat.
The May 1 Snow Survey Bulletin says a colder-than-normal April and start of May in the province has delayed the snowmelt. However, the bulletin says snow level is only one factor related to the spring flooding, and the risk of flood is possible even with normal or below-normal snowpacks.
As a result, the financial services company says, federal and provincial governments all saw an improvement in their 2021-22 deficit estimates and starting points for the rest of their fiscal forecast.