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Dancers with Royal City Swing take to Columbia Street on Saturday for the Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Festival, which returned for its fifth year. Dubbed the ‘best year yet’ by organizers, this year’s festival featured 82 food trucks plus two fashion trucks and entertainment, including musicians from across the region. For more photos, see page 3 and www.newwest record.ca. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
QUAY TO QUEENSBOROUGH ROUTE KICKS OFF
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A Q2Q ferry finally became a reality last weekend, although, like the connection itself, it’s only going to be a short ride initially. This past weekend, the city kicked off a two-month trial run for ferry service between the West-
minster Quay and Queensborough with a free preview. Throughout August and September, the demonstration service will be offered on Saturdays, Sundays and the B.C. Day and Labour Day holiday Mondays. It will also run on Friday evenings in August during Fridays on Front. Fares will be $2 for adults, $1 for
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was a free weekend service, we actually had lineups. People had to wait a sailing,” said Mark Allison, strategic initiatives and sustainability manager for the city. He admitted a truer test of the ferry’s popularity will come this weekend when fares are instituted. “What we’re going to try to do with the demonstration service is
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kids and seniors, and free for those under five. Despite some late snags, including the installation of a new downtown dock, the service, which can accommodate up to 40 passengers and four bicycles, was up and running Saturday morning. “It was very, very popular.We had so much interest, because it
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