While work has resumed at the Port of Vancouver in the month since International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) members first went on strike, the resulting delays have impacted charities and businesses on Vancouver Island.
Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the Compassionate Resource Warehouse, says the group has medical equipment and other supplies to send to Zimbabwe in a shipping container, which its team of volunteers will use on an upcoming trip to conduct surgeries and skill-building classes.
However, due to the strike at the Port of Vancouver in early July, the ship scheduled to transport the container wasn’t able to get loaded, so the group lost its booking. In the weeks since, Wergeland
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