Workers at ParksvilleB次元官网网址檚 post office were back on the job Friday - one day after the building was evacuated due to a suspicious package.

Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Steve Rose said a postal worker was processing the mail on Thursday, when a powdered substance became apparent on a package.

Workers and customers were asked to leave the building and the office was immediately closed as experts were called to investigate.

Rose said RCMP do not know where the package came from or where it was headed.

A team from the from the Lower Mainland arrived in Parksville Thursday night to investigate.

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Workers declined comment on Friday.

Parksville Canada Post employees had been off work Wednesday as part of rotating strikes around the country, but Rose said he doesnB次元官网网址檛 believe the substance has any connection to that.

Jill Davies was in the Parksville post office with a friend when the evacuation was issued at approximately 10:30 a.m.

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