OTTAWA – Canada Post employees have been legislated back to work after more than five weeks of rotating strikes, but that isn’t stopping their brethren from picking up picket signs to support them — and once again slowing the mail in the process.
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Senate to Debate Legislation That Would Order Postal Workers Back to Work
OTTAWA – The Senate is holding a rare Saturday sitting to debate legislation that would order postal workers back to work.
‘We Will Fight’ in Court If Back-to-Work Legislation Passes, Postal Union Warns
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government introduced legislation Thursday that could see striking Canada Post employees forced back to work, but said it would hold off debating the bill to give a special mediator time to settle the labour dispute.
Government Prepared to Order End to Postal Strike in Coming Days: Minister
OTTAWA – The federal government is prepared to order an end to rotating strikes by Canada Post employees if a collective agreement isn’t soon reached, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday.
Canada Post Rotating Strikes Spread to Winnipeg and Brandon
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has hit the picket line in Winnipeg and Brandon as part of Canada Post’s series of rotating strikes around the country.
Manitoba Man Charged with Leaving Suspicious Packages on Vehicles
Winnipeg police have charged a 71-year-old man with sending hoax packages in the mail supposedly containing chemical weapons.
Red Cross Official Says Fentanyl a Risk; First-Aiders Can Say No to CPR
By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press A Canadian Red Cross official says he sympathizes with a Manitoba postal worker who refused to perform CPR on a woman he feared might have overdosed on fentanyl. "I can't imagine the feeling that he or she was going through,...
Canada Post Unveils Trans-Canada Highway Stamp as Part of Celebratory Series
By The Canadian Press REGINA - The 8,000-kilometre highway that connects our country from east to west is celebrated in the latest stamp to mark Canada's 150th birthday. Award-winning country music star Dean Brody unveiled the Canada Post stamp today in Regina on a...
WCB Resumes Using Canada Post for Workers’ Cheques
WINNIPEG — The Workers Compensation Board is resuming its use of Canada Post for all mail delivery as the threat of a postal disruption dissipates.
Winnipeg Firm Behind Women’s Suffrage Centennial Stamp
A postage stamp reflecting the women’s suffrage movement led by Nellie McClung has the markings of a Winnipeg design firm.
Police Destroy Suspicious Package at Canada Post Facility
Winnipeg police safely destroyed a suspicious package found at the Canada Post facility on Wellington Avenue Wednesday night.
Red River Valley Ox Cart Part of ‘Haunted Canada’ Stamps
By Sarah Klein WINNIPEG -- A ghostly ox cart that rumbled through the Red River Valley in the early days is featured on a new set of stamps from Canada Post. Part of the Haunted Canada series, the stamp is an ode to 1903, when soldiers at the Red River Valley’s Fort...








