Important anniversary on the BC Coast today. March 22 marked 20 years since the Queen of the North sank.

CHEK News has done a good retrospective including talking to rescuers who were first on the scene.

Our coast is dangerous. It only takes a few minutes of distraction to lead to disaster.

Two people died.

The crew member at the helm was convicted. Another crew member and the Captain were fired.

https://cheknews.ca/20-years-later-looking-back-at-the-sinking-of-bc-ferries-queen-of-the-north-that-claimed-two-lives-1312050/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=March%2022%2C%202025&utm_source=b117938a22

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20 years later: Looking back at the sinking of BC Ferries’ Queen of the North that claimed two lives

It’s been two decades since one of the largest maritime disasters to ever strike BC Ferries occurred – when the Queen of the North vessel sunk off the coast of central British Columbia on March 22, 2006, claiming two lives.

CHEK

‘We’ll never know why’: Former CEO recalls fatal B.C. ferry sinking 20 years later

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11741351/b-c-ferry-sinking-20-years-later/

‘We’ll never know why’: Former CEO recalls fatal B.C. ferry sinking 20 years later

Twenty years after the sinking of the Queen of the North, a former chief executive of BC Ferries…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/447497/

‘We’ll never know why’: Former CEO recalls fatal B.C. ferry sinking 20 years later
A former BC Ferries CEO says the Queen of the North sinking remains ‘disturbing’ 20 years later. The ferry struck an island in Wright Sound on March 22, 2006. Two people died.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11741351/b-c-ferry-sinking-20-years-later/
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39 new double-decker buses.

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I told my client the story of how one of my galpals is obsessed with stealing condiment packets from BC Ferries while aboard any BC ferry or inside their terminals. She mostly aims for the Coffee Mate packets but will also stuff her purse/pockets with other condiments & wood/plastic utensils too. Her reasoning is that we pay a lot of taxes & for ferry service fees, so taking extra condiments/utensils won't be hurting the corporation. When she first told me this personal fact, we were in our 30s, en route to Pender Island for a galpals retreat. When we got to her Grandma's cottage there - she dumps out all of her stolen BC Ferries condiments loot. It filled the kitchen table surface 🤣

My client laughed so hard - saying, I can almost picture that scene! Then, he tells me that he is also guilty of pocketing condiments packets from BC Ferries 😂 Telling me, they're useful for when you're traveling/camping & he also figured since we pay a lot for using the government owned ferries, those condiment packets belong to the people. We laughed some more. I admitted that, I'm also a free #condiments pocketer, on #BCFerries. We laughed again 😅

High seas, condiments pirates.
Kind of, but not really.