Still more backlash against Canada Post ending home delivery
Federal New Democratic Party and City Mayors in Quebec join fight To add insult to injury, Canada Post’s new redesigned community mailboxes are designed and built in the USA © Canada Post The...
View ArticleMontreal’s mayor calls Canada Post ‘arrogant’
Montreal’s colourful mayor, Denis Coderre used a jackhammer to illustrate his opposition to Canada Post’s decision to stop delivering mail to individual homes. The crown corporation wants to save $500...
View ArticleCanadian postal service: negotiation breakdown, possible halt to mail
Canada Post, the federal agency that delivers the mail in Canada has given a 72 hour notice it will be in position to lock out its workers. That could mean that as of Friday, mail deliveries could...
View ArticleCanada Post: some contract progress, no delivery stoppage (yet)
Last week the federal agency responsible for mail delivery in Canada announced there was no progress in contract talks with the 50,000 strong Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). It issued a...
View ArticleCanada Post still delivering as negos continue
The threat of a work stoppage at Canada Post appears to have receded slightly–at least for the moment. The crown corporation backtracked on its threat to lock out its workers on Monday, saying it hopes...
View ArticleCanada Post and workers agree on tentative deal
Following marathon bargaining sessions over the past week, it now appears all but certain that Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have avoided a possible service disruption that has...
View ArticleNew stamps feature Canadian birds
Even as the debate goes on to determine a national bird as a symbol of Canada ( RCI-Aug 31,2016), Canada Post has produced the first in a new series of stamps to showcase our avian residents. While...
View ArticlePhilatelists: Canada’s spring stamps for 2017
It has become a sort of tradition at Canada Post to help push along the arrival of spring just a bit, by releasing spring flower stamps. Canada Post is the government controlled Crown corporation which...
View ArticleCanada 150: Newest stamp for Canada’s 150th birthday
Canada Post this week revealed the newest in the series of ten stamps it is issuing this year to celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary. This one, number 5 in the series, celebrates the 8,000...
View ArticleSanta changes the way he will answer letters
Things are getting busy at the North Pole with Santa Claus and the elves getting ready to answer the flood of letters that should start arriving soon. As usual, anyone who wants to write to Santa will...
View ArticleBlack History Month 2018 : Canada creates new stamps
February each year marks the celebration of Black History Month in Canada, and although we’re still a week away from the official start, Canada Post has already begun to set the stage. This year, as...
View ArticleTrudeau says no promises broken in Canada Post controversy
In 2014 when Stephen Harper’s Conservative government announced it was going to phase out door-to-door delivery of mail to about five million households over five years, the reaction was swift. Most...
View ArticlePublic debate needed says Canada’s postal union president
Listen Canada Post is a public service for Canadians, it has made hundreds of millions in profits, some changes should be made, but that does not justify the massive service cuts to mail delivery and...
View ArticleCanada Post CEO sticks to talking points testifying at Commons committee
Listen Canada Post President and CEO Deepak Chopra stuck to the crown corporation’s talking points Wednesday (December 18) as he testified before an emergency House of Commons committee meeting about...
View ArticleCanada’s post office issues two new stamps on Ottawa’s return to Canadian...
With less than a month to the return of the city of Ottawa to the Canadian Football League (CFL) Canada Post issued two new stamps on Thursday (June 19) honouring the team’s past and its future....
View ArticleUnion of postal workers, disabled, seniors will challenge end of home mail...
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and organizations representing the disabled and seniors have decided to turn to the Federal Court of Canada to stop the elimination of home delivery to millions of...
View ArticleCity of Montreal joins legal challenge against Canada Post
Canada’s second most populous city, Montreal, is joining a legal challenge against the Canadian government mail delivery service, Canada Post. “We want to send a clear message to the federal government...
View ArticleCanada’s best photographers featured in new set of stamps
Seven more of Canada’s best photographers will be celebrated Wednesday (April 8) as Canada’s postal service, Canada Post, releases the third issue of stamps in a five-year series on photography. The...
View ArticleStill more backlash against Canada Post ending home delivery
Federal New Democratic Party and City Mayors in Quebec join fight To add insult to injury, Canada Post’s new redesigned community mailboxes are designed and built in the USA © Canada Post The...
View ArticleMontreal’s mayor calls Canada Post ‘arrogant’
Montreal’s colourful mayor, Denis Coderre used a jackhammer to illustrate his opposition to Canada Post’s decision to stop delivering mail to individual homes. The crown corporation wants to save $500...
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