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.
Karley Desrosiers, fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said 275 fires were burning Friday, down from about 300 earlier in the week.
B.C. is reporting 112 new cases of COVID-19, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 148,842 cases in the province.
A statement from Squamish RCMP says the hiker missing in the park for two weeks was found safe on Thursday. A search for 33-year-old Daniel Ring began July 9.
The charges came after an RCMP investigation into spending by senior staff on personal expenses at the provincial legislature.
A statement posted on social media says a woman suffered minor injuries when she was bitten on the leg while jogging along the seawall on Wednesday night.
“On July 14, officers executed multiple search warrants, recovering 27 bikes worth about $45,000 from storage lockers on East Pender Street.”