COMMUNITY CORNER: BookFest, Baseball, & Makers Market PAGE 9
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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023
VOL. 49 NO. 21
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“It cannot become the new normal”
SATURDAY FERRY CANCELLATIONS LEAVE HUNDREDS SCRAMBLING ALEX KURIAL Editor
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QUEEN VERSUS GREEN: With summer on the line, the Ice Queen (Claire Carchrae) and her winter army did battle against the Green Man (Dylan Woods) and his forest-dwelling troops. In the end the forces of the woods prevailed, allowing the May Queen (Aviva Rabinowitz) to safely emerge. Hannah Florendo served as a boisterous Town Crier, and also penned a recap of how the festival came together, and a thank you to all involved. You can find that on Page 3, and stay tuned to our website this week for many more photos from the Green Man Festival’s many colourful events. / Alex Kurial photo
It was a trying day for travellers to and from Bowen Island on Saturday after BC Ferries cancelled a dozen sailings on the Snug Cove – Horseshoe Bay route. The ferry company put out a service notice the morning of May 20 warning that 12 sailings, beginning with the 3:30 pm from the mainland, were at risk of being lost due to a staff shortage. By early afternoon the cancellations were confirmed, leaving hundreds of passengers on both sides without their expected route home. Fortunately, a pair of sea taxis were announced to take the place of the ferry runs, initially two but thanks to the efforts of Bowen company Cormorant Marine this grew to half-a-dozen. While the efforts of those ships managed to clear a massive backlog of visitors looking to leave Bowen Island, and bring many Islanders back home as well, there was no vehicle capacity following the last ferry run off the island. This forced people on both sides to find parking for their cars and go back to retrieve them the next day, or in some instances here on the island, spend an unexpected night sleeping in the car. It’s an experience Bowen Island Mayor Andrew Leonard says should not be happening. “It’s a very unusual circumstance,” says Leonard, noting there were cancellations on a pair of days in November last year, but not to this extent.
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