Transportation

A transport truck hauling a large, square container slammed into an overpass in North Vancouver Tuesday night, snarling traffic on Highway 1 for hours. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Licences yanked after transport truck plows into B.C. highway overpass

Firm’s entire fleet parked after traffic in North Vancouver snarled for hours, driver flees scene

 

More Hullo ferry sailings are being scheduled in October, including ones to accommodate those attending Vancouver Canucks games and concerts. (News Bulletin file photo)

Hullo schedules special-event sailings for Guns N’ Roses, Pink and more

Fast foot-passenger ferry adding late-night sailings for concert goers and hockey fans

 

An aerial view of Angel Rock at Cameron Lake Bluffs on Highway 4. (PHOTO COURTESY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE)

Traffic delays expected on Highway 4 east of Port Alberni on Sept. 14

Drivers can expect delays near the Cameron Bluffs wildfire site until early afternoon

 

Hullo has added a late-night sailing to allow Nanaimo residents attending the Beyoncé concert on Monday, Sept. 11, a ferry ride home. (Parkwood Entertainment photo/News Bulletin file photo)

Hullo plans first late-night special-event sailing for Beyoncé concert-goers

11:30 p.m. sailing on Sept. 11 scheduled from Vancouver to Nanaimo

Hullo has added a late-night sailing to allow Nanaimo residents attending the Beyoncé concert on Monday, Sept. 11, a ferry ride home. (Parkwood Entertainment photo/News Bulletin file photo)
Heavy equipment has been removed from around Cameron Bluffs and Highway 4 has reopened to two-way traffic. (BC TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

Highway 4 near Port Alberni reopens to two-way traffic in time for Labour Day

Josie Osborne says more info is coming on impact of stormy weather on Cameron Bluffs

Heavy equipment has been removed from around Cameron Bluffs and Highway 4 has reopened to two-way traffic. (BC TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
Hullo ferries plan to make four round trips per day between Nanaimo and Vancouver over the Labour Day long weekend. (Photo courtesy Hullo by Vancouver Island Ferry Company)

Hullo foot ferry to double daily sailings over Labour Day weekend

Nanaimo-Vancouver operation announces revised schedule

Hullo ferries plan to make four round trips per day between Nanaimo and Vancouver over the Labour Day long weekend. (Photo courtesy Hullo by Vancouver Island Ferry Company)
Large amounts of debris continue to be removed from the Cameron Bluffs area on Highway 4 between Port Alberni and Whiskey Creek after a wildfire burned right to the highway in June 2023. (B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

Another full-day closure Aug. 29 planned for Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs

Closure is necessary if road will re-open fully by Labour Day: transportation ministry

Large amounts of debris continue to be removed from the Cameron Bluffs area on Highway 4 between Port Alberni and Whiskey Creek after a wildfire burned right to the highway in June 2023. (B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
<div>The Canadian trucking industry faces a shaky market as cargo volumes and freight rates continue to fall in the wake of soaring pandemic highs. A transport truck carries a cargo container at port in Vancouver, on Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

Canada’s trucking industry facing leaner times as consumer demand drops

Costs have shot up while freight rates have plummeted

<div>The Canadian trucking industry faces a shaky market as cargo volumes and freight rates continue to fall in the wake of soaring pandemic highs. A transport truck carries a cargo container at port in Vancouver, on Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
(MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

Tofino mayor urges better communication on Hwy. 4 closures

“The 10 millimetre rainfall safe work work shutdown was a surprise”

(MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
B.C. Ferries has probed failure of the engine on the Coastal Renaissance ferry servicing Nanaimo and Tsawwassen. (Photo courtesy B.C. Ferries)

Ferry servicing Nanaimo-Tsawwassen anticipated to be out till October

B.C. Ferries updates travellers about Coastal Renaissance’s engine breakdown

B.C. Ferries has probed failure of the engine on the Coastal Renaissance ferry servicing Nanaimo and Tsawwassen. (Photo courtesy B.C. Ferries)
After cancellations earlier this week, Hullo officially began ferry service from Nanaimo to Vancouver on Wednesday, Aug. 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Foot ferry makes long-awaited first sailing from Nanaimo to Vancouver

Maiden voyage for Hullo ferries delayed two days due to winds and power outage

After cancellations earlier this week, Hullo officially began ferry service from Nanaimo to Vancouver on Wednesday, Aug. 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Hullo ferries are docked in Nanaimo this morning as the first two sailings of the day have been cancelled due to windy conditions and possible effects of a power outage last night. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

UPDATE: Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry cancels all sailings on its first day

Hullo assessing its systems after power outage

Hullo ferries are docked in Nanaimo this morning as the first two sailings of the day have been cancelled due to windy conditions and possible effects of a power outage last night. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Electronic logging devices will be required on all commercial vehicles in B.C. starting Aug. 1. (Black Press Media file photo).

Electronic logging devices required for commercial trucks in B.C. Aug. 1

B.C. carriers were given six months to install ELDs throughout their fleets

Electronic logging devices will be required on all commercial vehicles in B.C. starting Aug. 1. (Black Press Media file photo).
Duke Point ferry terminal. (News Bulletin file photo)

No space: BC Ferries tells Nanaimo walk-on passengers to find alternative

Foot passengers being advised to take taxi or be dropped off at Duke Point terminal

Duke Point ferry terminal. (News Bulletin file photo)
Naomi Nicholson and her husband Ed have transformed their Chims Guest House property to offer different tourist accommodations. (HEATHER WARREN PHOTO)

Highway 4 closure costs millions in tourism, business challenges

Businesses continue to feel impact of continued closures during rock scaling work

Naomi Nicholson and her husband Ed have transformed their Chims Guest House property to offer different tourist accommodations. (HEATHER WARREN PHOTO)
Alastair Caddick, Hullo CEO, sits aboard one of the high-speed passenger ferries during a media event on Thursday, July 20. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Hullo fast ferries begin Island-Mainland service starting in mid August

Vancouver Island Ferry Company announces initial sailing schedule for Nanaimo-Vancouver ferries

Alastair Caddick, Hullo CEO, sits aboard one of the high-speed passenger ferries during a media event on Thursday, July 20. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
A chairlift is seen at Mont Tremblant resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que., on Sunday, July 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Ontario man dead, woman critical after gondola crash in Quebec

Officials unclear why drilling machine was operating near a moving gondola

A chairlift is seen at Mont Tremblant resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que., on Sunday, July 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cadets from the Surete du Quebec stand near the base of a chairlift where one person died and another remains critically injured after a gondola crashed into a piece of construction equipment at Mont-Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que., on Sunday, July 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

One still in hospital after deadly gondola crash at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant

Pair fell several metres after construction equipment struck the gondola at the mountain resort

Cadets from the Surete du Quebec stand near the base of a chairlift where one person died and another remains critically injured after a gondola crashed into a piece of construction equipment at Mont-Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que., on Sunday, July 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Rock scaling has begun on Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs east of Port Alberni. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will start daily closures to advance remediation work at the scene of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire on July 17k, 2023, and continue until sometime in mid-August. (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

High winds force closure of Highway 4 east of Port Alberni

Drivers are being asked to check DriveBC for updates on weather conditions

Rock scaling has begun on Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs east of Port Alberni. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will start daily closures to advance remediation work at the scene of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire on July 17k, 2023, and continue until sometime in mid-August. (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
Hullo’s high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrived in Nanaimo Harbour on Friday, July 14, and will begin ferrying passengers between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

New Hullo high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrive in Nanaimo

Vancouver Island Ferry Company will start service between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August

Hullo’s high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrived in Nanaimo Harbour on Friday, July 14, and will begin ferrying passengers between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)