Multiple ferry trips cancelled in B.C.’s Kootenays amid job action [Video]

Multiple ferry trips have been cancelled in B.C.’s Kootenay region this long weekend after WaterBridge ferries workers took job action and refused to work overtime.

The Upper Arrow Lake Ferry between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay, B.C., saw its late afternoon and evening sailings cancelled on both Saturday and Sunday — with all ferry trips from 3 p.m. until 1 a.m. PT suspended on both days.

The Upper Arrow Lake Ferry is set to not have any sailings between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Oct. 1, if the overtime ban continues. The union and operator both say unscheduled cancellations on other routes could also occur.

Waterbridge also operates the Needles Ferry between Fauquier and Needles, the Arrow Park Ferry and Adams Lake Ferry between Chase and Sorrento.

“WaterBridge Ferries understands that it is frustrating not knowing when or which ferry route is being affected,” reads a statement …