B.C. Ferries cancels some Victoria-Vancouver sailings as high winds sweep Strait of Georgia

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B.C. Ferries cancels some Victoria-Vancouver sailings as high winds sweep Strait of Georgia
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Environment Canada has issued gale warnings

High winds in the Strait of Georgia have caused B.C. Ferries to cancel four Saturday sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay.

B.C. Ferries said that additional sailings may be cancelled if weather conditions do not improve, but its goal is to get vessels underway as soon as it’s safe to do so.The cancellations were announced after Environment Canada issued a number of gale warnings for Vancouver Island due to a Pacific front moving across B.C.’s South Coast.

Strong southeasterly winds are expected along most of eastern Vancouver Island from Parksville to Victoria until at least Sunday morning.

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