NANAIMO - Travellers to and from Gabriola Island will have fewer options Thursday.BC Ferries said in a late-night service notice on Wednesday, July 20.
Two new Island-class ferries start their duties on April 12, when they begin sharing the Nanaimo-Gabriola Island route. The Island Kwigwis and Island Gwawis will serve that route, replacing the 40-year old MV Quinsam.
Testing of a new BC Ferries vessel may result in "bonus" sailings between Nanaimo and Gabriola Island, according to the island s ferry advisory committee.
The chief of a Vancouver Island First Nation is accusing BC Ferries of racism and discrimination after the ferry operator chose a name favoured by a different First Nation for one of its new vessels.