With Christmas just two days away, many people on Vancouver Island are getting on a plane or a ferry to spend time with family during the holiday season.
The second floor of a proposed $65-million distribution centre on Victoria International Airport land has been eliminated in a new design drawn up after neighbours complained about the size of the . . .
Dubow said in a Facebook post Tuesday that he made the “poor choice” to travel outside the country, and apologized to his constituents. “I had been planning and saving for this trip for years and returned to East Africa for the first time since I fled the civil war in Somalia in 1992 as a child,” he wrote. “I saw family members I hadn’t seen in more than three decades.” However, Dubow posted photos on social media in December 2019 from Ethiopia and from Djibouti in January 2019. On Tuesday night, Dubow clarified that it was his first time returning to Somalia and Kenya since he fled.
“People are obviously following Dr. Bonnie Henry’s advice,” said B.C. Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall, referring to the provincial health officer’s travel advisory asking British Columbians to avoid non-essential travel. The number of people travelling on ferries was down about 75 per cent on Dec. 23 , typically one of the busiest days of the holiday season, compared with last year, Marshall said. Vehicle traffic was down about 50 per cent. B.C. Ferries normally adds about 180 extra sailings over the holidays, but added only 46 this year. However, there’s still lots of commercial traffic moving essential goods and Christmas parcels between the mainland and the Island, she said.