{"id":961767,"date":"2026-11-07T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961767\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:24:11","slug":"south-vancouver-island-nov-6-windstorm-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961767\/","title":{"rendered":"South Vancouver Island Nov 6 windstorm power outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday November 7, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC [Posted 5:02 am PCT]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first windy weather of the 2026 autumn season blustered in on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environment Canada issued a wind warning and many <a href=\"https:\/\/islandsocialtrends.ca\/cancelled-bc-ferries-sailings-nov-6-tsawassen-swartz-bay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BC Ferries sailings were cancelled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind brought down trees onto power lines or otherwise disrupted service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prepareyourself.ca\/hazards-our-region\/flooding-storm-surges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/JdFEmerg-OutagePrep-Dec1418-ad-web.jpg\" alt=\"Juan de Fuca Emergency Program, emergency preparedness, power outage\" class=\"wp-image-209660\"  \/><\/a>Always be prepared for power outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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):<\/p>\n<p>Central Saanich \u2013 tree down on wires \u2013 95  <\/p>\n<p>Colwood \u2013 350 <\/p>\n<p>Colwood\/Langford\/View Royal \u2013 tree down on wires \u2013 2,709  <\/p>\n<p>Highlands\/Langford \u2013 902<\/p>\n<p>Langford \u2013 25<\/p>\n<p>Metchosin\/Sooke \u2013 1,094 <\/p>\n<p>Oak Bay \u2013 mostly on Transit\/Windsor\/Beach Dr \u2013 76 <\/p>\n<p>Saanich \u2013 50<\/p>\n<p>Sooke \u2013 various areas \u2013 1,222<\/p>\n<p>Swartz Bay area \u2013 59<\/p>\n<p>Victoria \u2013 on Denman St \u2013 15<\/p>\n<p>Gulf Islands \u2013 various<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/islandsocialtrends.ca\/category\/news-by-region\/south-vancouver-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ISTBANNER-SOUTHVANCOUVERISLAND-600x96px.jpg\" alt=\"ist banner, south vancouver island\" class=\"wp-image-212600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still without power:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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:<\/p>\n<p>55 customers in Duncan<\/p>\n<p>5 customers in Highlands<\/p>\n<p>48 customers in Sooke<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/islandsocialtrends.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/18-ISTMAIN-BCElectionFinalCount-Nov0726-500px.jpg\" alt=\"ist main, bc election, final count\" class=\"wp-image-213556\"  \/><\/a>Local, regional, BC and national news by Island Social Trends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">===== RELATED:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEWS SECTIONS: <a href=\"https:\/\/islandsocialtrends.ca\/category\/sections\/power-outages\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">POWER OUTAGES<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/islandsocialtrends.ca\/category\/sections\/weather-impacts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WEATHER 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