The provincial government is implementing its essential service ferry schedule effective Tuesday morning citing no deal has been struck between it and the Canadian Merchant Service Guild — the union representing the province's intraprovincial ferry captains. The affected routes include:Bell Island to Portugal Cove;Ramea-Grey River-Burgeo;Fogo Island-Change Islands-Farewell;St. Brendan's to Burnside;Long Island to Pilley's Island. On the Ramea-Grey River-Burgeo route, there will be one round trip each day between Ramea and Burgeo. The department's other ferry routes, including its contracted ferry services, are not impacted. More details on the essential ferry service schedule, including departure times, and information on all ferry services, is available online or by calling 1-833-NLFERRY.

Source: CBC News August 24, 2020 22:52 UTC