Canada Post

The Acting President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) welcomed news of Canada Post workers set to return to work Tuesday after being on strike for about one month. Bill Huber says rural residents rely more on Canada Post compared to residents who live in large, urban centres where there are alternative courier […]

Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is “calling a timeout” in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work. Mackinnon says the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are at an impasse after a nearly month-long work stoppage, and negotiations […]

With the Canada Post strike nearing four weeks, the postal service says it doesn’t see an end in sight. On Monday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers sent over its latest list of proposals, which include wage gains and job protections. But Canada Post said in a statement Monday that the proposals don’t bring the […]

Canada Post says it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter compared with a loss before tax of $290 million a year earlier. The corporation says revenue growth in its direct marketing did not make up for a drop in its parcels results. The financial results come as Canada Post deals with a […]

Canada Post and the union representing its workers are commenting on how weekend talks for a new contract went, with the employer calling them less productive than they’d hoped and the union claiming their employer is focused on flexibility to deliver parcels at the lowest possible cost. The Crown corporation says in a news release […]

(Wiseton Fire. Photo by Dean Keeler) A devastating blow has been dealt to the tiny village of Wiseton, SK this week. A fire destroyed the community’s town office, post office, and their former bar/hotel. The bar closed just before the pandemic and had been converted into a private residence. “The old hotel used to be […]

Dogs and postal workers have been at odds since the the very first letter was sent. Its a safety problem for letter carriers because while you may believe your dog is the “friendliest” in town, the postal worker doesn’t know that. That’s why Canada Post is out with some tips for dog owners, and how […]

A new stamp is out featuring a longtime Indigenous chief in southern Saskatchewan. Yesterday in Fort Qu’Appelle, Canada Post unveiled a stamp for Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier, the former chief of the Okanese First Nation near Fort Qu’Appelle. Part of a delegation that went to the Vatican earlier this year to speak with Pope Francis […]

Three Indigenous leaders are being honoured with their likeness being represented on stamps sold by Canada Post. The first of the three was unveiled today in Regina, as Harry Daniels was honoured. Daniels, from Regina Beach, spent 40 years advocating for Métis rights before he died in 2004. Daniels’s widow, Cheryl Storkson, said seeing her […]

Canada Post is recognizing five editorial cartoonists with stamps and one of them has a local flavour. Brian Gable is now the editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail, but back in the 80’s he spent seven years with the Regina Leader-Post. He is humbled by the honor. “There was utter shock and disbelief when […]