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B.C. Ferries busy on long weekend, even during pandemic

Sailings from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo filling up
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Traffic on the 12:45 p.m. sailing from Tsawwassen-Duke Point on Thursday, April 9. (Photo submitted)

Closed terminals, reduced sailing schedules and a virus pandemic aren香蕉视频直播檛 keeping people from taking the ferry over the long weekend.

B.C. Ferries香蕉视频直播 Tsawwassen terminal is busy Friday, April 10, with Tsawwassen-Duke Point香蕉视频直播檚 12:45 sailing to Nanaimo filled up and the next sailing, at 5:45 p.m., already two-thirds full. The Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay香蕉视频直播檚 5 p.m. sailing to Victoria is three-quarters full.

There are no sailing waits in the other direction from terminals in Nanaimo and Victoria.

B.C. Ferries is asking passengers to avoid non-essential travel, but .

香蕉视频直播淲e香蕉视频直播檙e asking customers to avoid all non-essential travel over the Easter long weekend. It香蕉视频直播檚 crucial that we follow the advice of the Provincial Health Services Authority of B.C.,香蕉视频直播 noted a social media post from B.C. Ferries. 香蕉视频直播淪tay at home this weekend.香蕉视频直播

Earlier this week the ferry corporation put new COVID-19 screening measures in place following a Transport Canada directive. Customers with a fever and a cough, or a fever and breathing difficulties, will be denied boarding. Passengers permitted on board are asked to maintain physical distancing.

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B.C. Ferries clarified Saturday that its capacity calculations are based on new temporary Transport Canada regulations mandating that ferries carry no more than 50 per cent the maximum passenger count.

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