Update : Community Mailboxes On Hold
In case you haven’t heard, Canada Post issued a press release today saying it will place the upcoming conversion of door to door deliveries to community mailboxes on hold, temporarily.
I suspect public consultations will probably be conducted in the near future.
Canada Post Warns Of Delays Due To Weather
Canada Post has issued an advisory stating that deliveries may be delayed in some areas due to severe weather. Click here for details.
Canada Post Honours Canadian Country Stars
Canada Post have recently issued stamp collections honouring five of Canada’s top country music stars : Shania Twain, Hank Snow, Tommy Hunter, K.D Lang and Renée Martel.
The Shania Twain Limited Edition Framed Prints went rather quickly so don’t delay on placing your order for the framed prints dedicated to the other artists.
Campaign To Save Door To Door Deliveries
I’ve been seeing signs for this campaign around my neighbourhood so I thought I’d link it for people who are interested in participating : savecanadapost.ca
Canada Post Update
New community mailboxes will be introduced to these communities this year :
- Calgary (Postal codes starting with T2B, T3J)
- Fort McMurray (Postal codes starting with T9H, T9J, T9K)
- Winnipeg (Postal codes starting with R2P, R2V)
- Oakville (Postal codes starting with L6H, L6J, L6K, L6L, L6M)
- Kanata (Postal codes starting with K2K, K2L, K2M)
- Rosemere (Postal codes starting with J7A)
- Lorraine (Postal codes starting J6Z)
- Bois-des-Filion (Postal codes starting with J6Z)
- Charlemagne (Postal code starting with J5Z)
- Repentigny (Postal codes starting with J5Y, J6A, J5Z)
- Lower Sackville/Bedford Area (Postal codes B4A, B4B, B4C, B4E, B4G)
Instead of nine individual square compartments, these feature sixteen individual rectangular compartments per mailbox so more addresses can be serviced per mailbox. And some mailboxes that don’t feature a mail slot and parcel compartments will have more individual compartments.
A picture of the new community mailboxes can be found in the Community Mailbox Backgrounder (PDF). Comments and questions in regards the new community mailbox will be accepted at feedback.canadapost.com.
By the way, you have until the end of this month to stock up on domestic “permanent” stamps at 63 cents. The domestic postage rate for letters under 30 grams with be 83 cents on April 1st in booklets, coils and panes and $1 per stamp when purchased by single unit.
Rates in general for domestic and international letter mail will be going up on April 1st, 2014. Light parcel rates had gone up in mid January.
Petition For Door To Door Delivery
A petition for Canada Post to keep door to door deliveries has been created on change.org and currently has over 120,000 signatures.