In the past, BC Ferries has been chartered for use in films and commercials or as crew transportation, but mostly, people have booked one of the fleet's smaller vessels.
The Victoria Humane Society is now looking for a bigger facility so they can help more animals as the executive director says they are bursting at the seams.
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is the busiest emergency department on the island and treats more than 400 inpatients in a 345-bed facility regularly.