By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
BC Ferries is building four more “Island Class” ferries, due to increased demand and current vessels aging, and a call for proposals has gone out to shipyards in British Columbia, as well as nationally and internationally.
Continue reading BC Ferries calls on shipyards to bid on construction of four new vessels
Last month, a number of Cortes Island residents recognized a familiar face directing traffic at the Whaletown Ferry terminal. Mind you, Mike Moore is better known from the days he sailed the Misty Isles than as the Mate on a BC Ferry. He was in Alert Bay when Cortes Currents caught up to him, but let’s go back to the beginning.
Continue reading BC Ferries new Mate: Mike Moore
By Mina Kerr-Lazenby, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Like all great love affairs, the one that occurred between myself and Vancouver’s public transit system was brief and tumultuous. It was a summer fling that began at the tail-end of August, when I, like a gazillion British people before me, moved to the city in search of great landscapes, good people, and endless poutine.
Continue reading Newcomer to Vancouver: Transit like waiting for a flaky date
Editor’s not: Cortes Island residents may also benefit from the addition of the hybrid e-ferries, which may eliminate many, if not all, of our one ferry waits at the Quathiaski Cove terminal.
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
BC Ferries’ Clean Futures Plan calls for its fleet to do away with greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and progress is being made, according to the organization. It issued an update to the plan on October 27th.
Continue reading BC Ferries says it’s making progress on its Clean Futures PlanA great deal has transpired in the decade since the city of Campbell River adopted its current transportation plan. Last February, Transportation Specialist Melissa Heidema informed Cortes Currents that they were drawing up a new plan. Phase one is now complete. In today’s interview, Heidema and Long Range Planning and Sustainability Manager Jason Locke give us a peek into what they accomplished.
Continue reading Phase one completed: Campbell River’s Master Transportation Plan
