BC Ferries will be holding a Virtual Community Meeting, regarding upcoming changes to Campbell River-Quadra Island run, from 6:00 – 7:30pm on Wednesday, April 7th, via Webex.
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Continue reading Upcoming changes to the Campbell River-Quadra Island ferryThe fourth of BC Ferries Island Class ferry was launched early Thursday morning, at Damen Shipyards Galati, in Romania. The yet-to-be named ship is the second hybrid electric destined for the Campbell River – Quadra Island route.
Continue reading Campbell River-Quadra Island’s second hybrid electric Ferry launchedOne of BC Ferries new Island Class Hybrid electric vessels starts a three day trial run on the Campbell River – Quadra Island route on Thursday, Dec 3. The Island Aurora will undergoing tests for operational efficiencies, loading times and sailing intervals. The results will be used to help draw up schedules for 2021.
Continue reading Campbell River trial run of new Island Class hybrid-electric vesselsThere were a lot of Discovery Island Items at the SRD (Strathcona Regional District) Board meeting last week.
Continue reading Discovery Island Items at the SRD Board MeetingOn May 27th, three members of the Strathcona Regional District’s Electoral Areas Service Committee put all public hearings within the SRD on hold until sometime after September 7th. Three large projects on Quadra and Cortes Islands are being deferred. Though SRD staff told Regional Director Brenda Leigh the meeting could easily be held electronically, she was ‘not willing to put her life in jeopardy’ for the sake of a meeting on Cortes Island. Regional Director Jim Abram echoed the idea that in-person meetings were preferable and added that this would let directors and staff go on summer holidays. Now BC Ferries asks the SRD Board to reconsider delaying the public hearing for its new Quadra Island berth.
Continue reading BC Ferries Asks SRD Board To Reconsider Postponement
