With ferry captains on strike provincewide and mechanical problems hampering limited runs back and forth, residents on Fogo and Change Islands have had enough. Things took a turn for the worse for Fogo residents on Saturday when the MV Veteran — which was taking people back and forth on limited trips each day — was taken out of commission. "It's chaos out here," said Eugene Nippard, a resident of Deep Bay on Fogo Island. Wait times making people angryShelley Penton Rideout was supposed to return to her summer home in Fogo that day. She called the provincial ferry line and checked social media, and decided to give it a shot, hoping another boat was en route to pick up the slack.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2020 17:26 UTC