Saturday November 7, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC [Posted 5:02 am PCT]
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
The first windy weather of the 2026 autumn season blustered in on Friday.
Environment Canada issued a wind warning and many BC Ferries sailings were cancelled.
The wind brought down trees onto power lines or otherwise disrupted service.
Always be prepared for power outages.
BC Hydro set to work restoring power across the South Vancouver Island region, with the following areas seeing power restored by Friday evening (approximate number of customers impacted):
Central Saanich – tree down on wires – 95
Colwood – 350
Colwood/Langford/View Royal – tree down on wires – 2,709
Highlands/Langford – 902
Langford – 25
Metchosin/Sooke – 1,094
Oak Bay – mostly on Transit/Windsor/Beach Dr – 76
Saanich – 50
Sooke – various areas – 1,222
Swartz Bay area – 59
Victoria – on Denman St – 15
Gulf Islands – various
Still without power:
Early on this Saturday morning (as of 4:30 am) November 7, these locations on South Vancouver Island are still impacted by loss of electric power:
55 customers in Duncan
5 customers in Highlands
48 customers in Sooke
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