The Canada Post building in downtown Winnipeg had to be evacuated Friday morning following reports of unknown green substance spilling out from an envelope. Emergency officials, including the HazMat unit, responded at around 7:30 a.m. to the Graham Avenue building and evacuated staff. Smith Street was blocked off to traffic during the morning rush hour [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland A new coalition has been formed to educate Winnipeggers on preventing dog bites to door-to-door workers. On Wednesday, the City of Winnipeg partnered with Canada Post, Manitoba Hydro and the Winnipeg Humane Society to promote a safer environment, not only for letter carriers and utility workers, but for all Manitobans. According [...]

The new Canada Post mail processing plant near the James A. Richardson International Airport officially opened on Friday. The state-of-the-art building on Wellington Avenue is the first new processing plant to be opened by the corporation in more than 20 years. The size of the $100 million facility is enough to accommodate a 250,000 square [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz The Winnipeg Police Service will leave behind its crumbling offices in the Public Safety Building on Princess Street thanks to a unanimous vote Wednesday morning by City Council. At the meeting, councillors agreed that the city should purchase the Canada Post Building at 266 Graham Avenue for $29.2 million. The entire [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Canada Post reached a tentative agreement with its striking employees late Friday night. The counter staff, technical support and other support employees have been on strike since Nov. 17. Included in the tentative deal is a 2.5% salary increase over the first two years and a 2.75% increase over the third [...]

Just in time for Christmas, Canada Post employees across Canada went on strike early Monday morning after rejecting a contract offer by their union. About 140 unionized employees with the Public Service Alliance of Canada set up picket lines around the Canada Post building on Graham Avenue. Several hundred more workers with the PSAC did [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Tell the kids to get the pen and paper out, because Santa Claus’ North Pole post office is now accepting letters. Canada Post announced that their elves are now all in place to answer letters to Santa. As always, you can write to: Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH 0H0, Canada, and [...]