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BC Ferries says it is investigating whether passenger-only vessels could play a role in the company’s future.

The company’s recently-released 25-year vision states that vessels taking just passengers and no vehicles could join the fleet.

Nothing is planned at this time; however, BC Ferries says passenger-only ferries could reduce travel times for passengers travelling without a car and smaller vessels lead to lower operating costs.

Passenger-only vessels are already in use in B.C., with Hullo Ferries travelling between Vancouver and Nanaimo and CIRQL Ferries is planning to bring passenger-only ferries to B.C. in 2027.

Views of Mount Baker from📍Mount Tolmie

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📍Parliament Buildings, Victoria

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B.C. Ferries must enact a single-digit percentage fuel rebate to comply with regulations set by the Office of the B.C. Ferries Commissioner that kick in when fuel prices are lower than expected.

But the company has applied to the commissioner to avoid giving the rebate. If it pays out, it would come in the form of rebates on future tickets.

Chief financial officer Brian Anderson said in a statement that the company wants to use the rebate money to offset fare price increases that are expected to come in 2029.

B.C. Ferries has until March 2026 to issue rebates to bring down the balance in its accounts related to fuel surcharges it previously levied on its customers.

Inner Harbour Sunsets🩷

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Sunsets at the breakwater

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Sunsets over 📍Patricia Bay Park

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A Langford man who started a fire at Thetis Lake to dry his wet pants now faces a $1,150 fine, says West Shore RCMP.

Mounties say that around 1 p.m. on Thursday, West Shore RCMP responded to a call of a male starting a fire at Thetis Lake Regional Park in View Royal.

The View Royal Fire Department arrived on scene and quickly extinguished the small brush fire.