Canada Post has suspended service on Vancouver Island on Wednesday due to winter storm conditions.
The postal company issued a red delivery service alert for several parts of BC, including Vancouver Island.
Red alerts are issued in cases where the mail service has determined that conditions have become unsafe for delivery agents.
Canada Post stated that delivery will resume once conditions improve and it’s safe to do so.
“The safety of our employees is our number one priority,” the company emphasized.
Customers are encouraged to clear snow and ice from walkways, stairs, and driveways to ensure safe access for mail carriers and other visitors.
Alerts can be issued for individual communities or entire provinces, depending on the scale of the weather event. Metro Vancouver is also under a red alert while parts of southern BC is under a yellow alert.
Nearly 20 cm of snow was recorded at Victoria International Airport , causing cancellations and delays with BC Transit and BC Ferries sailings.
In an afternoon update, BC Transit announced that a variety of detours were in place and that six routes have been fully suspended until further notice.
Additionally, handyDART is operating essential service trips only, and all other customers with scheduled trips have been notified.
The following routes were impacted:
R-3 Cresent – Foul Bay; Not servicing Cresent & Quimper Loop
R-3 May – Cook; Not servicing Linden Loop
R-4 Terminating at Legislature Exchange; Not servicing Blanshard Terminus
R-7 Westbound Fairfield – Blanshard- Douglas; Not servicing Blanshard Terminus
R-7 Eastbound Douglas -Superior – Quadra – Fairfield; Not servicing Blanshard Terminus
R-6 Using West Saanich Road; Not servicing Chatterton & Emily Carr
R-12 Service currently suspended
R-13 Service currently suspended
R-14 Admirals – Trans Canada to Regular Route; Not servicing Helmcken (Island Highway to Trans Canada)
R-14 Regular Route on Cedar Hill Cross – Richmond
R-14 Johnson – Douglas; Not servicing lower Fort/Wharf
R-15 Johnson – Douglas; Not servicing lower Fort/Wharf
R-17 Service currently suspended
R-21 Terminate at Camosun College; not servicing using Viaduct
R-21 Return to servicing Markham Technology Park
R-22 Using Helmcken and Wilkinson Rd; not servicing Hastings/Holland
Burnside, Helmcken & Reverse; not servicing Wilkinson Road
R-22 Victoria General Hospital – Watkiss – Helmcken: Not servicing Watkiss turn-around
R-24 Using Admirals Road; not servicing Parklands Loop
R-24 Using Finlayson to Cedar hill and reverse
R-24 Esquimalt – Admirals; Not servicing Wilson Hill
R-26 Regular Route
R-27 Terminating at Legislature Exchange; Not servicing Blanshard Terminus
R-28 Using Kenmore to Shelbourne; not servicing Ash or Majestic
R-28 Terminating at Legislature Exchange; Not servicing Blanshard Terminus
R-30 Will Route as R-31 north of McKenzie; not servicing Carey, Ridgebank/Vanalman
R-32 Will route via Pat Bay to Sayward in one direction only
R-35 Service currently suspended
R-39 Remain on Sooke Rd; Bypassing Royal Roads University Loop
R-43 Using Belmont Rd – College Dr – Zealous – Egerton Crescent – Belmont; Not servicing Royal Roads
R-48 Using Veterans Memorial – Sooke; Not servicing Cairndale/Stornoway
R-49 Not servicing Bear Mountain; Setchfield – Florence Lake, McCallum L-Leigh L-Goldstream R-Jacklin
R-52 Will use Millstream roundabout; not servicing Bear Mountain
R-52 Remain on Sooke Rd; Bypassing Royal Roads University Loop
R-53 Goldstream to Victoria General Hospital & Reverse; not servicing Strandlund/Selwyn/Atkins/West Goldstream/
R-54 Langford – Continue straight Metchosin Rd not servicing Duke Rd
R-54 Metchosin to Happy Valley; Turn around Metchosin Firehall not servicing William Head Prison
R-55 Happy Valley; Turn around Metchosin Firehall not servicing William Head Prison
R-55 Metchosin to Happy Valley; Turn around Metchosin Firehall not servicing William Head Prison
R-57 Bellamy R-Phelps not servicing Gourman/Goldie Loop
R-58 Using Amy Rd round about; not servicing Amy, Humpback, Lakehurst
R-59 Jacklin, Sooke, VMP to Latoria to Wishart Road; not servicing Triangle Mountain
R-60 Servicing Sooke, Metchosin, Wishart, Painter/Dressler, Benhomer & Metchosin; not servicing Cairndale or Stornoway –
R-60 Stay on Metchosin; not servicing Lagoon
R-61 Sooke Rd, Otter Point, Grant, West Coast Road (All Buses); not servicing Pyrite hill
R-63 Service currently suspended
R-64 Service currently suspended
R-65 Sooke, Jacklin & Reverse; not servicing Westshore Parkway Hill
R-71 Route via Wain Rd to regular route, bypassing the overpass; Not servicing Swartz Bay
R-72 Southbound Pat Bay to Beacon Ave; not servicing Wain Rd overpass or North Sidney on southbound trip
R-72 Pat Bay, Mt. Newton & Reverse; not servicing Island View Road
R-75 West Saanich, Keating Cross Roads & Reverse OB; not servicing Benvenuto or Verdier Loop
R-81 Southbound Pat Bay to Beacon Ave; not servicing Wain Rd or North Sidney on southbound trip
R-81 Using West Saanich, hold in Brentwood. Continue Left Wallace; not servicing Benvenuto or Verdier Loop
R-81 Southbound Pat Bay to Beacon Ave; not servicing Wain Rd or North Sidney on southbound trip
R-82 Bypass Tsawout First Nations school turn around
R-83 Straight on West Saanich; not servicing Benvenuto or Verdier Loop
R-83 West Saanich, Interurban & Reverse; not servicing Quail Rd, Beaver, Beaver Lake Road
R-85 Remain on West Saanich to Wain Rd; not servicing Madrona/Lands End Rd
R-87 Service currently suspended14
Make sure to visit BC Transit for the latest route updates.
