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[mbjj]

Too bad about Macs. We go there a lot in the summer for our picnic munchies. Also Pic-a-Flic for French and Russian movies. The ATM in Oxford has been out of order a couple of times which was a nuisance for us. And now the Royal Bank downtown is closed on Saturdays again. Some of the small businesses my daughter and I frequent only take cash, which is fine with us.

[Mike K.]

What!? The flagship main RBC branch is closed on Saturdays?

[mbjj]

Yes, the bank started closing Saturdays as of the middle of July. It's a nuisance if you don't feel like trying to get down during the week. You dare not make an appointment for a weekday afternoon if you need to find a parking spot in any parkade. We used to always go to the Cook St. branch on a Saturday.

[m3m]

I've been told by staff that the Saturday closures are temporary and they will go back to their regular hours once the interior construction and renovations are complete. 

[Mike K.]

Ah, ok good to know.

[mbjj]

I hope that's true. Wish they would put up a sign to that effect though. Renovations?

[Kapten Kapsell]

Not sure where to put this info, but the new/moved Audi dealership on Douglas will open in December.

[thundergun]

Monarch Furnishings is moving from what will become the Ironworks into the long empty retail space on Hillside between Cook and Quadra (once rumoured to become a second Root Cellar location). Signage is up on the Hillside location and the downtown storefront is having a moving sale.

http://www.monarchfurnishings.com

[Gary H]

 

Their much smaller new digs...

 

 

 

Looks like they've had their last "clearance"...

 

[mbjj]

Years ago my daughter went to school with the original owners of Pacific Trekking. Wonder what became of them?

[gunnsm]

Does anyone know what will be going in the restored Brookman's Grocery at the Amica building? Will it be run by Amica or leased out?

[DustMagnet]

Just noticed today that the 7-11 on Wale Rd. in Colwood is gone.  Long enough for the corporate site and Google Maps to note it as permanently closed, but first I'd seen.

[Rob Randall]

Does anyone know what will be going in the restored Brookman's Grocery at the Amica building? Will it be run by Amica or leased out?

 

Some sort of cafe but I pretty sure it will be leased to an outside operator.

[Mike K.]

Right, the 7-11 closed quite recently. Within the month, maybe?

[PraiseKek]

It's been longer than that. The change to the traffic pattern on Wale Rd and the CO-OP killed them off. Probably going to be a pot shop come October. You heard it here first.

Edited by PraiseKek, 23 August 2018 - 06:30 PM.

[SpongeG]

is part of the new Mayfair expansion open now?

[sdwright.vic]

^yes

[kxl]

The Home Hardware on Burnside Rd W is closed.

[DustMagnet]

Likely killed by Lowes at Tillicum.

[pennymurphy2000]

Seems the Tent City down the road played a large part in their closure as well. 

 

https://www.saanichn...will-be-missed/