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I just thought you’d like to know that Canada Post warns people of service disruptions via their official site: Click here for this information.
Stay Warm.
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Delayed But Now Online
Apple’s new subscription based music streaming service is now online in Canada, after a slight delay. A three month free trial is available via the following banner :
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Spotify Coming Soon
Spotify is now taking requests for invites from Canadians.
This Swedish advertisement funded music streaming service will be available on most devices and platforms shortly in Canada.
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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.
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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.
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Mail Deliveries To Be Reduced ?
It appears that Canada Post is considering a reduction in mail deliveries, down to 3 days a week.
The crown corporation is facing a $327 million dollar operation loss due to advances in technology, like e-mail and online bill payments, and like most national postal services they are trying to adapt as fewer letters and parcels make their way through their system.
Most Canadian consumers these days have their parcels delivered either via courier or to stores for pick-up so reductions in service are likely unavoidable. But I suspect they might need to have a full five day schedule during the Christmas rush in November and December.
Rural residents will likely be the most affected by these reductions, especially those with little to no internet access. But Canada Post is also considering a reduction in postal outlets, so many city residents will also be inconvenienced.
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