Delta police were called to the Tsawwassen, B.C. ferry terminal Wednesday to remove an unruly passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask.
BC Ferries implemented a mandatory mask policy in August.
According to Delta police, officers were called to the terminal around 11 a.m. for a report of a woman “who refused to wear a mask, who was causing a disturbance.”
Officers escorted the woman off the ferry “without issue” and transported her from the terminal, police said.
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The incident delayed a sailing of the Spirit of BC serving the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route.
The incident came just hours after police were called to the Tsawwassen terminal for an unrelated matter.
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Officers were called around 7:20 a.m. after a man who’d been denied boarding allegedly ran through traffic and into the ocean in what police described as a mental health incident.
Wednesday wasn’t the first time police were called to a BC Ferries property due to a dispute over the company’s mask policy.
In October, West Vancouver police were deployed to Horseshoe Bay when up to 50 anti-mask protesters became “verbally aggressive” with other passengers.
No one was arrested in that incident, but a dozen of the protesters were issued a 24 hour ban on using the ferry service.
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