Tourists, Workers, Students Stranded by Metro Vancouver Bus Strike

Buses line the Vancouver Transit Centre as transit workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 strike in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

Tourists Jorge Correa and Roger Leyton wanted to go to Vancouver Island on Jan. 22, but with no bus to get them to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, they had to make other plans.

“We have to leave tonight so this is our last day here,” said Mr. Correa, who lives in Chicago, while Mr. Leyton was visiting Vancouver from Mexico. “We couldn’t go (to Vancouver Island) so we are upset about that.”