High winds prompted B.C. Ferries to cancel several sailings between Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver on Monday morning.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the following sailings between Nanaimo and West Vancouver were cancelled:
- 6:15 a.m. departing Departure Bay - Queen of Cowichan
- 6:15 a.m. departing Horseshoe Bay - Queen of Oak Bay
- 8:25 a.m. departing Departure Bay - Queen of Oak Bay
- 8:25 a.m. departing Horseshoe Bay - Queen of Cowichan
B.C. Ferries says its Customer Service Centre will contact customers with bookings on the cancelled sailings to let them know if there is space on a later sailing.
So far, vessels on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen and Duke Point-Tsawwassen routes are sailing as scheduled, as are those travelling between Tsawwassen and the Gulf Islands.
Harbour Air was also reporting some delays on Monday due to the weather. It advised passengers to check its Twitter page for updates.
Environment Canada issued a wind warning for much of Vancouver Island this morning. Southeast winds of 70 kilometres an hour gusting to 90 km/h are forecast to hit Greater Victoria, and east and west Vancouver Island early today. High winds are expected to ease by noon.
About 3,500 B.C. Hydro customers lost power Monday morning, but most had it back on by 8:30 a.m.
The outages included 2,400 customers in Courtenay, Cumberland and Nanaimo. The causes were under investigation but expected to be weather related.
Another 900 in the Duncan area and 100 around Ganges on Salt Spring Island were also without power. The cause of the Duncan power outage was under investigation. On Ganges, trees down across power lines have caused the damage.
See the B.C. Hydro website for updates.
— With a file from Vancouver Is Awesome
