Seventy-nine-year-old Janet Wees says she writes 400 letters a year and usually gets mail delivered at least two or three times a week.
Advocate Says End of Door-to-Door Mail Delivery Will Be ‘Isolating’ for Seniors
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Canada Post Beginning Work to End Most Door-to-Door Mail Delivery
Canada Post is starting preliminary work to convert addresses that receive door-to-door mail to community mailboxes, and to phase out some post offices.
Ottawa Gives Canada Post a $1.01-Billion Loan Amid Ongoing Financial Struggles
The federal government is making more than $1 billion available to Canada Post in the form of a repayable loan to help the beleaguered Crown corporation remain solvent and keep its services running.
Canada Post, Union Set to Meet Again as Rotating Strike Stretches On
The union representing thousands of Canada Post workers on rotating strike wants the federal government to butt out of bargaining as negotiators prepare to head back to the table with the employer for the first time in nearly a month.
Lucky Duck Mail Club Sends Out Kindness and Patience During Canada Post Strike
Kiki Klassen started the Lucky Duck Mail Club not long before last year’s Canada Post strike and spent about five hours driving around communities neighbouring her St. Catharines, Ont., home delivering envelopes.
Canada Post Union Launches Strike as Ottawa Moves to End Most Door-to-Door Mail
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is declaring a countrywide strike, hours after Ottawa announced door-to-door mail delivery will end for nearly all Canadian households within the next decade.
Canada Post Presses Union to Revisit Offers Amid ‘Substantial’ Gap
Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday.
Man Charged After Assault on Winnipeg Mail Carrier
Winnipeg police have charged a 21-year-old man after a mail carrier was assaulted while delivering mail in Waverley Heights.
Ottawa Puts Latest Canada Post Offer Up to a Vote by Union Members
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says she’s going to put Canada Post’s latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties.
Canada Post Union Calls for Halt to Overtime as Deadline Passes with No Agreement
The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier.
Canada Post Hikes Postage Prices
Canada Post has increased the price of domestic postage stamps in the country by 25 cents, in a move to generate additional revenue.
Mail Delays Threaten Critical Fundraising for Winnipeg Animal Shelter
Winnipeg’s D’Arcy’s Animal Rescue Centre is grappling with the Canada Post mail backlog, which threatens to disrupt its year-end fundraising.
