Wild Christmas: BC Ferries Cancels Many Sailings Over ‘Severe’ Forecast

Wild Christmas: BC Ferries Cancels Many Sailings Over ‘Severe’ Forecast
File photo shows waves pound Ogden Point breakwater as strong wind blows during a storm in Victoria on Jan. 5, 2021. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
The Canadian Press
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VANCOUVER—BC Ferries has cancelled many sailings on Christmas Day after Environment Canada issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast.

The ferry firm said the “severe” forecast meant all sailings between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in Nanaimo on Wednesday had to be axed, while trips between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. were also scrapped.