▲ 19 ▼ News Release | BC Ferries introduces Summit Class as part of major fleet renewal (lemmy.ca) submitted 5 months ago by rabber@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments The new names for the upcoming major ships: Summit Arbutus Summit Cedar Summit Maple Summit Spruce This seems stupid? Why not name them after...summits?
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca [S] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children) and we're gonna make alberta pay for it! permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Might as well. They seem to think our coasts are their business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rabber@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah and if the ferries weren't so popular with albertans maybe they would be usable again. Kidding really, but still a ton of red plates on sailings (at least 10%). British Columbians subsidize the ferries and tourism makes them basically inaccessible for locals at times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago In fairness the locals make it inaccesible for locals at times too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Might as well. They seem to think our coasts are their business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rabber@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah and if the ferries weren't so popular with albertans maybe they would be usable again. Kidding really, but still a ton of red plates on sailings (at least 10%). British Columbians subsidize the ferries and tourism makes them basically inaccessible for locals at times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago In fairness the locals make it inaccesible for locals at times too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yeah and if the ferries weren't so popular with albertans maybe they would be usable again. Kidding really, but still a ton of red plates on sailings (at least 10%). British Columbians subsidize the ferries and tourism makes them basically inaccessible for locals at times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago In fairness the locals make it inaccesible for locals at times too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago In fairness the locals make it inaccesible for locals at times too. permalink fedilink source parent