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Fast Ferries Fiasco

Fast Ferries Fiasco | Event | A ’90s politcal “scandal” wherein the NDP believed they could spark a rebuild of BC’s nearly dead ship-building industry by building three “fast cat” ferries. The project was a comedy of errors from the start, and ended in abject failure when the BC Liberals auctioned off the ferries for $19 million in 2003 (the project had cost $460 million).

Usage: “So why are we stuck with the BC Liberals again? Oh yeah, the Fast Ferries Fiasco.”explore-the-lexicon

One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

“I was there when Gino scored a penalty shot goal against Calgary. The way the crowd erupted, you’d think we had just won the Stanley Cup!"

How a Climate Change Event Created a Local 'Cause Célèbre'

"Is Barge Chilling Beach a good first date or nah?"

How Generations of Underaged Partiers Have Avoided Cops and Cover Charges in BC

"On our way up to Jones Lake on Sunday we had to wait for a slow convoy of hungover bush party survivors to pass..."

How Vancouverites Know a Targeted Hit on a Gangster Has Just Gone Down

"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."