Sometimes, it’s just nice to be able to tell a nice story. Like the one that appeared this week in The Province, one of Vancouver’s two daily newspapers, about a passenger who went missing from Jewel of the Seas. The 65-year-old woman disembarked in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, in mid-morning earlier this month. When the… Continue reading Cops, Airline Aid Missing Passenger
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Questions with Victoria's Environmental Change
Photo: Greater Victoria Harbour Authority The people of Victoria, British Columbia's capital city and a regular port for cruise ships going to and from Alaska, are choked. Or maybe that should be "choking." Here, point by point, is why: • The city scrapped plans to install shore power (electrical plug-ins) to improve air quality from… Continue reading Questions with Victoria's Environmental Change
Sandy's Reach: Victoria, Ensenada
Photo: Cesar Bojorquez Who would imagine that the impact of Hurricane Sandy could be felt as far away as Victoria, B.C., and Ensenada, Mexico, two cruise ports on the other side of the continent? It could. The U.S. Government temporarily waived the Jones Act on Friday. That's the law that prohibits the transfer of goods… Continue reading Sandy's Reach: Victoria, Ensenada