{"id":532472,"date":"2026-03-12T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532472\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:42:10","slug":"bc-ferries-delays-ferry-between-victoria-vancouver-due-to-police-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532472\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Ferries delays ferry between Victoria, Vancouver due to police incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BC Ferries sailing between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen was delayed on Thursday afternoon due to a \u201cpolice incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just after 3:15 p.m., the company said its 3 p.m. sailing departing from Swartz Bay was holding in dock because of a police incident.<\/p>\n<p>Then, just after 3:30 p.m., BC Ferries said the police incident had been \u201cresolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company says the sailing departed 23 minutes behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a reservation on an upcoming sailing today, please arrive during the check-in window noted in your booking confirmation email to maintain your reserved status,\u201d said the company in its 3:30 p.m. update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ensures we can stage your vehicle at the terminal ahead of standby customers and those reserved on later sailings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ServiceNotice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ServiceNotice<\/a> The police incident on our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwartzBay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SwartzBay<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tsawwassen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Tsawwassen<\/a> route has been resolved. The 3:00 pm sailing from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwartzBay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SwartzBay<\/a> departed 23 minutes behind schedule. <\/p>\n<p>For more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vz2sULCdWc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vz2sULCdWc<\/a> ^ao<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BC Ferries (@BCFerries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCFerries\/status\/2032224693046948193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>CHEK News has reached out to Sidney\/North Saanich RCMP for further details.<\/p>\n<p>The delay comes one day after BC Ferries cancelled several sailings along the Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route <a href=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/afternoon-bc-ferries-sailings-at-risk-of-cancellation-between-swartz-bay-and-tsawwassen-due-to-wind-1310861\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to a windstorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/author\/adam-chan\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-cropped-Adam-400-x-450-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdam Chan is a Digital News Editor who joined CHEK News in 2023. Previously, he worked as an Associate Digital Editor with CTV News Vancouver Island and Victoria Buzz.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nIn 2023, he was a recipient of&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/author\/adam-chan\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Adam Chan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BC Ferries sailing between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen was delayed on Thursday afternoon due to a \u201cpolice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-532472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}