B.C. Ferries ran into big trouble with its online reservations this afternoon, apparently because someone forget to renew its domain name.

CBC News reported considerable confusion today among persons trying to access the site. Late this afternoon, at a site called TechVibes.com, the answer appeared:

Looks like a head might be about to roll over at BC Ferries. It appears someone forgot to renew the BCFerries.com domain name.

Check the comments to the TechVibes post to see what the likely answer is.

With files from Andrew MacLeod. Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.