What was expected to be an eight-week closure of the Canada Post office on the Malahat for the gas station to undergo renovations has extended, and the postal service says it’s now aiming to reopen by the end of October.

The Canada Post office within the Centex Petroleum station closed on July 2 for renovations to take place.

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If the project remained on schedule, this would have put the reopening around Aug. 27.

However, as of Sept. 22, the Canada Post office remained closed.

“The renovations were expected to last approximately eight weeks but unfortunately, we have been informed the project is taking longer than expected,” Canada Post said to CHEK News in an email.

“We are hoping that we can reopen th

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