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Fire disrupts ferry service Aging vessel returns to service at Duke Point after repairs conducted by crews overnight BY CHRIS BUSH THE NEWS BULLETIN
A B.C. ferry was back in service on the Tsawwassen to Duke Point route a day after a fire put the vessel out of commission Tuesday. The Queen of New Westminster was out bright and early for its 5:15 a.m. sailing out of Tsawwassen Wednesday and has been put back into regular service. Crews worked overnight to replace damaged insulation in the bow thruster compartment and a fire detector sensor head, and conducted safety tests. A fire in a bow thruster compartment on the ship cancelled its sailings from Duke Point to Tsawwassen. The fire broke out Tuesday just after the Queen of New Westminster, bound for Duke Point, departed from Tsawwassen at 10:15 a.m. The vessel returned to the Tsawwassen terminal where passengers were evacuated via an overhead walkway. Deborah Marshall, B.C. Ferries spokeswoman, said two members of the crew were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. “It’s my understanding they are OK,” Marshall said. “There were no serious injuries, which is very good news.”
Marshall said, to her knowledge, no one was in the bow thruster compartment when the fire broke out. The fire was knocked down by the ship’s fire suppression system and the deluge system was also activated on the main car deck. The fire and smoke were contained to the compartment. The deluge system uses the ship’s on-board water supply before switching over to sea water. “The area that we activated was towards the bow of the vessel,” Marshall said. “There were about 15 vehicles parked on the main car deck. They were actually parked at the stern of the ship, so they shouldn’t have been impacted at all.” Marshall said she was told the ship had only made it a short distance out of the Tsawwassen terminal before the fire started. B.C. Ferries’ fire party and the Delta fire department responded to the craft at the terminal. The ship was pulled from service for the remainder of the day. B.C. Ferries’ Coastal Inspiration, which also serves the Duke Point-Tsawwassen route, continued its regular schedule between the two terminals. ◆ See ‘CAUSE’ /4
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Pipeline protest Margie Grimble, left, Carol Ann Borden, Nancy Crozier and Panelope Bahr respond to honks from drivers as they hoist a big anti-oil spills banner at Esplanade and Victoria Crescent intersection. More than 300 people from the Nanaimo region, plus representatives of the Tahltan First Nation who travelled from Telegraph Creek, B.C., gathered in front of Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog’s constituency offices at noon Wednesday to protest the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline. Please see related story on page 3.
Police investigate cruelty to cat BY NIOMI PEARSON THE NEWS BULLETIN
A Nanaimo woman is fuming from a ‘cat’astrophe that left her family’s feline friend Nelly bound in duct tape for a second time. Jennifer Paloposki has no idea who is behind the incidents, which took place Monday and earlier this month, but is hopeful someone in the community might. “What they did is wrong,” she said. “My cats don’t attack anybody, they’re not aggressive.” Nanaimo RCMP is investigating, believing several people may be involved in the incidents.
“It’s virtually impossible to control a cat and do something like that,” said Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. “I’m sure the person would receive considerable scratches, would have to be heavily clothed and have gloves on. “We’re sure it’s someone who’s living in the area that’s taken an exception to this particular cat.” Nelly first showed up at Paloposki’s Chestnut Street home with painter’s tape on her body in the early hours of Oct. 1. Paloposki removed the tape herself, and began keeping her three cats in at night. However, when Nelly didn’t show up Sunday night, Paloposki became concerned. ◆ See ‘POLICE’ /4
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