Province bails out B.C. Ferries to stave off coastal ferry cuts - Vancouver Sun

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B.C. Ferries had said the cuts were necessary because the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced ridership by as much as 80 per cent and caused the ferry corp. to lose almost $1 million per day.

Eliminating some routes, along with other internal cost-cutting measures, was part of a plan to stem losses within the corporation until ridership recovered.

The targeted sailings were on routes to Salt Spring, Powell River, Texada, Gabriola, Denman, Hornby, Quadra Island, Cortes, Saltery Bay and Haida Gwaii.

The government and B.C. Ferries had been engaged on protracted talks over funding since the ferry corporation served 90-day notice in March that it intended to eliminate the sailings to save money. The notice expired Tuesday without a government commitment, and so B.C. Ferries began cutting some routes.

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