{"id":554489,"date":"2026-03-23T03:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554489\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:12:20","slug":"bc-ferries-cancels-several-tsawwassen-swartz-bay-sailings-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554489\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Ferries cancels several Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay sailings Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several BC Ferries sailings travelling between Swartz Bay in Victoria and Tsawwassen were cancelled Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The corporation says the cancellations are related to a mechanical issue with the starboard generator aboard the Spirit of Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to investigate the issue and will keep you informed as more information becomes available,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as the problem is resolved, the vessel will start service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3908489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Spirit-of-Vancouver-Island-BC-Ferries-Ferry-B.C.-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"FILE \u2014 The Spirit of Vancouver Island sits in dock.\" class=\"wp-image-3908489\"  \/>FILE \u2014 The Spirit of Vancouver Island sits in dock. (CityNews Image)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3911348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5974-scaled-e1696833474776-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"The Spirit of Vancouver Island sits at dock in Tsawwassen. (Chad Harris, CityNews Image)\" class=\"wp-image-3911348\"  \/>FILE \u2013 The Spirit of Vancouver Island sits at dock in Tsawwassen. (Chad Harris, CityNews Image) <\/p>\n<p>Other vessels are sailing on the route, but they are being affected by the cancelled sailings, with space filling up early.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellations have impacted the following sailings:<\/p>\n<p>Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen:11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.<br \/>Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay: 1 p.m., 5 p.m., 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>As of 4 p.m., the next available sailing departing Tsawwassen for Swartz Bay is at 10 p.m. The next leaving Swartz Bay is at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>BC Ferries has added two additional sailings Monday \u2014 one departing from Swartz Bay, the other leaving Tsawwassen \u2014 both at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers are advised to check BC Ferries\u2019 website before heading to the terminal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several BC Ferries sailings travelling between Swartz Bay in Victoria and Tsawwassen were cancelled Sunday. The corporation says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-554489","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\/554489","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=554489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}