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BC Ferries reopens food service on Powell River routes

All hot food will be served in packaging for customers to take to their vehicles, outer deck or limited cafeteria seating
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BC Ferries is carefully reopening additional terminal and onboard amenities across the fleet. Expanded offerings include a limited menu at the Coastal Café and reopening of some Passages onboard store locations.

According to a media release from BC Ferries, customers can now enjoy packaged food items and limited hot food services on select routes between Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, Southern Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast and North Coast. All hot food will be served in packaging for customers to take to their vehicles, outer deck or limited cafeteria seating. Packaged food items and limited hot food services are now available on the following local routes:

•      Powell River (Westview) – Comox (Little River) 

•      Sunshine Coast (Earls Cove) – Powell River (Saltery Bay) 

Last month, BC Ferries resumed limited food services on the three major routes between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, as well as Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.

To ensure the health and safety of its customers and employees, the company will strictly adhere to provincial and federal guidelines during this reopening phase, the release stated.

BC Ferries is ensuring the safety of passengers and crew by supporting physical distancing in food service areas, enhancing cleaning and sanitization efforts and reducing the number of touch points, according to the release.

For those choosing to travel, BC Ferries encourages responsible behaviour while on board, including maintaining physical distance from other passengers, remaining in vehicles when possible and limiting movement around the vessel. This includes Transport Canada’s requirement for possessing a face covering and wearing it when they cannot maintain an appropriate physical distance of two metres. 

As this situation is rapidly evolving, BC Ferries encourages customers to monitor BC Ferries’ website for any additional changes to service. For full details on service changes and the measures BC Ferries is taking in response to COVID-19, go to bcferries.com.