BC Ferries Faces Easter Weekend Chaos

0:00It's April 2nd. You're listening to Vancouver News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey, with the story. BC Ferries is facing a bunch of headaches right before the Easter long weekend, with key ships sideline and sailings getting scrapped. The spirit of Vancouver Island is down again after a generator failure on Tuesday, just days after coming back from another breakdown. The Queen of Surrey is still stuck in its yearly refit, and that's led to cancellations on the busy Tawawson to Duke Point route between Vancouver and Nanaimo. On Thursday and Friday, they've accalings like the 9AM from Duke Point 1130AM, from Tawawson to PM from Duke Point and 430PM, from Tawawson on April 2nd, plus a couple more the next day. But they've thrown in some extra trips to ease the crunch. Travelers are fired up about the disruptions during peak time, and BC Ferries brass admits it's not up to snuff. CEO Nicholas Jimenez says they get the frustration, and are owning it, especially with families

1:01heading out for the holiday. Other glitches include no drinkable water on the Salish Heron to the southern Gulf Islands Thursday, though bottled water and safe food preboron. Dick, a smaller route from Shamanis to Penelacute in Theta's Islands, halted most Thursday sailings after a tire jammed the propeller, with late night ones, at risk. They're also digging into a close call last month on the northern run, where heavy weather pushed the northern adventure into shallow 9 meter. Waters before correcting course, no injuries, but reports went to transport Canada and safety board for review. Keep an eye on updates if you're sailing this weekend.