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	BC Ferries, British Columbia Ferry
		For more than 40 years, BC Ferries has provided vital year-round transportation between Canada's many west coast communities, including the 1-1/2 hour ferry ride between Vancouver on the mainland, and the Provincial capital of Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
		Brochures, schedules and attractive information packages are regularly updated and are available from BC Ferries or its agents, as well as on-line at www.bcferries.com.
		Ferries on this route start their 1-1/2 hour crossings at 7am and run until 9pm (10pm during the August peak).
	www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/bcferries.html (1120 words)

	BC Ferries Careers: Vault Career & Hiring Profiles
		BC Ferries employee surveys are collected by Vault editors, Vault Gold Surveys provide detailed information on careers and hiring at specific employers.
		We provide a free insider career profile on BC Ferries, based on interviews and surveys of BC Ferries employees.
		Vault.com is not associated or affiliated with BC Ferries.
	www.vault.com /career-company/BC-Ferries.html (325 words)

	Island Tides Reprints \| BC Ferries
		The recently published BC Ferries’ report on the sinking, a year ago, of Queen of the North supports the generally held conclusion that the ship had failed to turn to port at the bottom of Grenville Channel and had proceeded straight-on at fullspeed, colliding with the rocky shore of Gil Island fourteen minutes later.
		BC Ferry Commissioner Martin Crilly has announced that the provincially owned private corporation, BC Ferry Services Inc, will be permitted to earn a 14% return on equity during Performance Term 2 (PT2), from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2012.
		On June 22, BC Ferries received approval from the Ferry Commissioner to implement its biggest fuel surcharge yet: 3.2% for the main routes, and 9.6% for the smaller routes.
	www.islandtides.com /html/bcferries.htm (1315 words)

	History of BC Ferries
		BC Ferries began transporting vehicles and passengers between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen on June 15, 1960.
		The BC Ferry service began to experience capacity shortages during the 70's and took several measures to deal with it.
		In 1970, BC Ferries began the process of inserting 84-foot extensions into the middle of seven of the original nine ferries to increase both vehicle and passenger capacity.
	www.geocities.com /ferries_bc/history/bcferries.html (1401 words)

	BC Ferries at AllExperts
		As BC Ferries provides an essential link from mainland Canada to the various islands on its routes, it is subsidized by Transport Canada.
		BC Ferries' first route, commissioned in 1960, was between Swartz Bay, a small suburb of Sidney on Vancouver Island, and Tsawwassen, a part of the Corporation of Delta, using just two vessels.
		On July 7, 2005, BC Ferries concluded that a missing cotter pin was to blame.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/bc/bc_ferries.htm (2879 words)

	BC Ferries (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BC Ferries will no longer be a taxpayer-supported Crown corporation.
		The voting shares in the new company will be held by something called the BC Ferry Authority, run by a government-appointed board.
		BC Ferries has done a poor job of trying to grab extra money from passengers, as anyone who has tried to eat in the terminal restaurants knows.
	www.creativeresistance.ca /awareness01/2002-dec12-bc-ferries-paul-willocks.htm (622 words)

	About BC Ferries
		Through this contract, the government pays BC Ferries a defined annual subsidy or “service fee” in return for making specified numbers of ferry sailings on specified routes, with a maximum total value of some $106 million per year.
		BC Ferries’ services link Vancouver Island to the mainland of British Columbia, and also connect many isolated coastal communities to either Vancouver Island or the mainland.
		During the 2002/03 fiscal year BC Ferries (as its predecessor, the British Columbia Ferry Corporation), carried 21.6 million passengers and 8.3 million vehicles, generating $490 million in revenue.
	www.bcferrycommission.com /about_bc_ferries.html (337 words)

	Innovative Solutions for BC Ferries
		Smaller communities at risk of being cut off thanks to labor disputes between BC Ferries and its workers that threaten to worsen with proposed privatization plans; the arbitrator's report may be out by May. Ferry traffic competing for road space with traffic from airports and residential development, resulting in added congestion and pollution.
		Yet BC Ferries also wants to move its headquarters to enable its management to be "closer" to the people who report to them.
		BC Ferries should reconsider its plans to move its Victoria office because it is a waste of money.
	www.transport2000.ca /english/bcferrysolutions.htm (1822 words)

	BC Ferries Embraces German Engineering :: Comics :: thetyee.ca
		BC’s six new Air Ferries will be built in Germany despite a vigorous campaign to keep the work in B.C. Opponents say the deal is full of hot air, and they’re right.
		BC Ferries has a fiduciary obligation to the travelling public to provide a high quality transporation network for the lowest cost.
		This new private BC ferry company planned for and had over a dozen contractors from out of Powell River flown into town to spend 4 hours going over all the reqirements - each one was given a set of blueprints and almost 3 weeks to put their bid in order.
	thetyee.ca /Comics/2004/09/21/BCFerriesGerman (3863 words)

	BC Ferries loses bid to dismiss complaint (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BC Ferries has lost a bid for dismissal of a human rights complaint lodged by a transsexual deckhand fired two years ago.
		BC Ferries denied that it discriminated on the basis of sex, arguing that Magnone had made two steering mistakes while working as a quartermaster -- including turning "port" when she was ordered to steer "starboard."
		Magnone had worked for the provincial ferries system in the 1970s while living on Quadra Island as a man. She worked for BC Ferries in 1986 after her sex change but was fired after only two days on the job.
	www.canada.com /vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a2051f5b-48df-4c7d-a315-e9cdeecb42b1&k=18929 (516 words)

	Innovative Solutions for BC Ferries
		Smaller communities at risk of being cut off thanks to labour disputes between BC Ferries and its workers that threaten to worsen with proposed privatization plans; the arbitrator’s report may be out by May. Ferry traffic competing for road space with traffic from airports and residential development, resulting in added congestion and pollution.
		Yet BC Ferries also wants to move its headquarters to enable its management to be “closer” to the people who report to them.
		BC Ferries is seeking amendments to existing legislation to allow it to lay off workers if it contracts out to private firms.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /t2000bc/learning/ferries/bbread_ferry_position_paper.html (1813 words)

	Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Ferries restructuring will increase costs and reduce accountability
		BC Ferries, the long-standing Crown Corp., is to be replaced by a private company--BC Ferry Services.
		BC Ferries are facing significant capital costs in the coming years to replace aging boats and upgrade terminals and operating systems.
		The Vancouver Airport Authority, the stated model for BC Ferries' transformation, is successful not because it brings in bucket-loads of cash from Starbucks, but because it charges passengers an "improvement fee" every time they pass through the airport.
	www.policyalternatives.ca /index.cfm?act=news&do=Article&call=644&pA=6104ea04&type=2,3,4,5,6,7 (950 words)

	Tourism BC \| British Columbia \| Ferry Travel
		Ferries are the most popular mode of transport between the mainland and Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, and the most economical by far.
		Numerous ferry operators, including BC Ferries, offer scheduled passenger and vehicle service from the mainland and Vancouver Island to many ports of call along BC's coast.
		BC Ferries is the primary provider of coastal ferry service in the province.
	www.hellobc.com /en-CA/TransportationMaps/TransportationModes/FerryTravel/BritishColumbia.htm?S=N (525 words)

	BC Ferries: BC Ferries in your community
		BC Ferries is celebrating Life on the Coast by investing in our communities and partnering with organizations that make significant contributions to coastal British Columbia.
		BC Ferries and the BC Lions have joined forces to enhance the lives of youth in British Columbia.
		BC Ferries is a proud partner of the Royal BC Museum through a new multi-year partnership.
	www.bcferries.com /community/Community_Partners.html (255 words)

	Ferry Services in British Columbia, Canada - BC Ferries
		On the coast of British Columbia, much of the rhythm of travel is determined by ferry schedules, and it may take a day or two to familiarize yourself with the BC ferry system and the way things run in the Pacific Northwest.
		BC Ferries serves up to 47 ports of call on 25 routes throughout coastal British Columbia.
		Shorter hops include BC Ferries service to the picturesque Gulf Islands (sailing from both Vancouver Island and Vancouver (Lower Mainland), and to communities along the Sunshine Coast (Northwest of Vancouver), and north to BC's magnificent Discovery Coast and Inside Passage.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /Transport/details.asp?id=6 (282 words)

	BC Ferries increases security after bomb threat
		BC Ferries increased security and a police investigation was underway Sunday, a day after a bomb threat was made against the company's vessels and passengers.
		BC Ferries president and CEO David Hahn said police reported a "credible bomb threat" was made by a man calling 911 from a pay phone at the Coquitlam Centre Mall around 3:30 p.m.
		A $50,000 reward is being offered by BC Ferries for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever called in the threat.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2007/07/29/ferries-threat.html?ref=rss (1556 words)

	BC Ferries Ferry Schedules Rates Victoria - Washington - Vancouver - Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay - Seattle - Port Angeles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If you are traveling by car you can use the COHO ferry out of Port Angeles, the Anacortes or the BC Ferries.
		BC Ferries provide fast frequent service between the BC Mainland, and Vancouver Island.
		Spaces on the ferries are apportioned to the various islands, so boats sailing to multiple destinations may depart with empty space.
	www.victorialodging.com /bcferries (409 words)

	BC Ferries - An Essential Service
		Further, in a recent Synovate Survey, the ferry system is recognized by 89% of British Columbians as ‘important to the provincial economy’ with 92% of respondents saying that BC Ferries should remain an essential service.
		BC Ferries is an essential service that needs to have legislative teeth behind the concept.
		The disruption caused by a ferry strike highlights the need for a new approach to labour disputes and also the need to ensure that the parties involved both have significant advantages to ensuring mutual compliance.
	www.bcchamber.org /Policy_and_Positions/Statements_of_Policy/BC_Ferries_-_An_Essential_Service.aspx (375 words)

	Privitizing BC Ferries
		The Campbell government is privatizing BC Ferries using the same formula that it applied to BC Hydro - freezing the public asset, shifting new capital construction to private corporations, and claiming that a government appointed regulator will protect the public.
		Public access to information on the new BC Ferry Services, a company to be incorporated like any private company, may depend on the good will of the new regulatory authority.
		BC may find that it is not possible to guarantee rates as well as guarantee both service levels and protection for taxpayers.
	www.strategicthoughts.com /record2002/ferries.html (973 words)

	BC Ferries
		Shorter hops include BC Ferries service to the picturesque Gulf Islands (sailing from both Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland), and to friendly communities along the Sunshine Coast, northwest of Vancouver.
		BC Ferries traverses the Inside Passage all year long, including a summer schedule that turns the excursion into a 15-hour day cruise.
		On most BC Ferries routes, if you're driving onto the ferry, plan to be at the terminal at least 30 minutes before the scheduled sailing time, and even earlier during normally busy periods.
	www.realtraveladventures.com /Cruises/disabled_traveler_give_great_information_for_all_travelers_who_wish_to_use_the_b.htm (741 words)

	BC Ferries
		BC Ferries' first route, commissioned in 1960, was between Swartz Bay, a small suburb of Sidney, and Tsawwassen, a part of the Corporation of Delta, using just two vessels.
		As the ferry system expanded and started to service other small coastal communities, BC Ferries had to build more vessels, many of them in the first five years of its operations, to keep up with the demand.
		In 2003, the Government of British Columbia announced that BC Ferries, which had been in debt, was going to be reorganized into a "private" company.
	en.mcfly.org /BC_Ferries (1134 words)

	CNN.com - Ferry slams into Vancouver yacht club - Jun 30, 2005
		They also checked the ferry's hull to see if it was safe to tow the vessel to its docking station.
		The ferry also was carrying 189 vehicles, said Deborah Marshall, a spokeswoman for BC Ferries.
		BC Ferries has a fleet of 35 ships and serves as many as 22 million passengers a year.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/americas/06/30/ferry.accident/index.html (409 words)

	MMBC - BC Ferries
		BC Ferries operates one of the largest passenger fleets in the world.
		The impact that BC Ferries has on the economic and cultural wellbeing for much of British Columbia is immeasurable.
		Check out the fabulous model of the most recent 'Spirit Class' ferries that are capable of carrying 470 cars and 2,100 passengers on each voyage.
	mmbc.bc.ca /exhibits/2-bcferries.html (86 words)

	Ferry Services in British Columbia, Canada - BC Ferries
		On the coast of British Columbia, much of the rhythm of travel is determined by ferry schedules, and it may take a day or two to familiarize yourself with the BC ferry system and the way things run in the Pacific Northwest.
		BC Ferries serves up to 47 ports of call on 25 routes throughout coastal British Columbia.
		Shorter hops include BC Ferries service to the picturesque Gulf Islands (sailing from both Vancouver Island and Vancouver (Lower Mainland), and to communities along the Sunshine Coast (Northwest of Vancouver), and north to BC's magnificent Discovery Coast and Inside Passage.
	britishcolumbia.com /Transport/details.asp?id=6 (282 words)

	BC Ferries: Frequently Asked Questions
		Reservations are not required for any other BC Ferries route, though they are recommended for travel between Tsawwassen and the Southern Gulf Islands.
		If you're driving onto the ferry, plan to be at the terminal at least 30 minutes before the scheduled sailing time, and even earlier in our peak summer months or during normally busy periods.
		BC Ferries' Customer Sales and Service Representatives are available every day of the year from 7:00 a.m.
	www.bcferries.com /travel_planning/frequently_asked_questions.html (4162 words)

	Vancouver Bicycle Club: Ferries & Bikes
		Ferry transportation is part of getting around when you leave the Greater Vancouver area.
		When you hear the announcement asking passengers to return to their vehicles, go to the car deck and be ready with your bike at the front of the ferry before the ferry docks.
		Once you're off the ferry, you can start cycling right away, or you may want to wait until the ferry traffic has passed so that you can cycle without cars constantly passing you.
	vbc.bc.ca /ferries.shtml (592 words)

	Vancouver - BC Ferries
		Your BC Ferries reservation guarantees a spot on one of the ferries that ply the pristine waters between Vancouver and Victoria up to 16 times a day in each direction.
		Each BC Ferries sailing passes through the beautiful Gulf Islands en route to Victoria, British Columbia.
		BC Ferries implemented a fuel surcharge for all crossings between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
	www.vancouver.com /travel/ferries/index.htm (287 words)

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