Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s decisions around Route 40 have accomplished precisely the opposite of his stated intentions, exactly as critics in the region have predicted. He spent more than the expected savings to cancel one of BC Ferries’ most utilized…

“The little Nimpkish ferry, the little 16-car ferry which now serves Bella Bella to Bella Coola, is getting the job done. … To those who criticize the decisions that were made and those who say that the Nimpkish will not…

There was an uproar in the B.C. legislature this spring when Transportation Minister Todd Stone went ahead with $19 million in cuts to low-usage coastal ferry routes. The plan had been laid out in detail before last year’s election. It…

B.C.’s transportation minister isn’t very impressed with a new report on the economic damage inflicted by skyrocketing ferry fares. “Irresponsible,” Todd Stone called the report commissioned by the Union of B.C. Municipalities, which argued that plummeting ferry use has cost…

First, there was the out-of-left-field announcement last week that the government will study the feasibility of building a bridge to Gabriola Island from the Nanaimo region. It’s in response to a petition signed by about 600 people, which might potentially…

Premier Christy Clark empathized with frustrated leaders of ferry-dependent communities Wednesday, but it was more to make up for her sulky transportation minister than to entertain ideas of a course change. Municipal leaders commissioned an exhaustive study showing all the…

The reviews are in on the MV Nimpkish. If it were a play — Voyage of the Damned, say — maybe people would have appreciated it as a gripping study of the limits of human endurance. But it wasn’t a…

The annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention marks its halfway point today in Whistler, where mayors and councillors from around the province have gathered to gauge their common appetite for ensuing battles with higher levels of government. This year’s convention…

B.C.’s transportation minister said the government has no plans to roll back ferry fares or to restore service to 2013 levels, despite a unanimous vote Wednesday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities to endorse a policy paper on the damaging…

The Minister of Transportation has sent a four page letter to the Union of BC Municipalities basically telling it the report they released about declining ferry traffic and its affect on the economy, is garbage. While Todd Stone begins the…