From Canada Post: OTTAWA – Canada Post’s focus on innovative, convenient delivery and returns experiences is helping Canadian businesses grow through e-commerce – and maintaining Canada Post’s position as the country’s No. 1 parcel company. Continue reading TORONTO – Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen was at a Toronto school to unveil a stamp with an image of Canada’s most famous robotics accomplishment – the Canadarm. The stamp commemorates Canada’s achievements in space, science, technology and innovation. Continue reading OTTAWA – Canada Post’s commitment to help Canadian businesses grow through e-commerce led to strong growth in the Parcels line of business in 2016. By partnering with retailers to deliver innovative and convenient delivery, shipping and returns experiences to Canadians, the Canada Post segment solidified its position as Canada’s No. 1 parcel company. The Canada Post segment’s profit before tax of $55 million compares to a profit before tax of $63 million in 2015. Continue reading A 24/7 kiosk in Vancouver, which dispenses stamps with images of Group of Seven paintings, was set up to make it more convenient to buy stamps at any hour. The Canada Post 24/7 kiosk allows customers to print stamps in four denominations. Continue reading OTTAWA – Canada Post will greet the Year of the Rooster with a two-stamp issue, the ninth in its most recent series honouring the Lunar New Year. A Permanent™ domestic-rate stamp featuring a rooster image, with its chest proudly puffed out, is paired with an international-rate stamp offering a close-cropped profile view of the rooster’s stately face. Both images are created from lines of gold foil. Continue reading After six weeks of local membership meetings, the members in both the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) and the Urban Postal Operations (UPO) bargaining units have ratified their tentative collective agreements reached with Canada Post on September 1st. The unaudited results show adoption of the RSMC contract by 55% of those voting. The number of members voting in 2016 exceeded the turnout in 2012. The UPO contract was adopted by almost 63% of the Urban members participating. Continue reading From Canada Post: OTTAWA – The Canada Post segment lost $60 million before tax in the third quarter, when the risk of a work disruption prompted commercial customers to make other arrangements to deliver their parcels and mail. The net financial impact of the labour uncertainty is estimated at $100 million for the third quarter. That figure reflects the significant reduction in revenue but also includes slightly lower costs, such as less use of overtime and temporary employees, because volumes had declined sharply in all lines of business. The Corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers reached tentative agreements on August 30, 2016, but volumes took much longer to recover. Employee benefit expenses were also lower in the third quarter due to a $44-million non-cash one-time gain, resulting from the new collective agreement with the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) in August 2016. Continue reading When Myrtle Flett started working as a postmaster, Louis St. Laurent was prime minister, Elvis Presley was topping the music charts and it cost 2 cents to mail a Christmas card. Flett was 18 years old when she was hired in 1956 at Royal Mail Canada, which would later become Canada Post. Continue reading A small town newspaper in Ontario offers this tip for Canada Post customers: On its web site, Canada Post say the service is available at residential boxes as well: To stop getting unaddressed advertising, simply put a note on your mailbox stating that you do not wish to receive Canada Post Neighbourhood Mail™(formerly Unaddressed Admail). Place the note in or on your mailbox, or on the inside lip of your community mailbox, group mailbox or postal box. The service applies only to mail not personally addressed to the customer. Source: Red dot at post office = no junk mail | The Millstone TORONTO – On the eve of the World Cup of Hockey 2016 semi-finals, and less than three weeks before the start of the 2016-17 NHL® Season, Canada Post unveiled the fourth issue in its five-year NHL stamp series.
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Canada Post reports $44-million profit before tax in 1st quarter on strength of continued growth in parcels
Canadian astronaut unveils maple leaf-shaped Canadarm stamp
Canada Post reports a profit before tax in 2016 of $55 million after solid growth in parcels
Vancouver stamp collectors reap benefits of unique Canada Post stamp machine
Canada Post welcomes Lunar New Year with stamp issue
Canada Post contracts ratified by union members
Canada Post segment records $60 million loss before tax in third quarter, blames workers
‘All good things have to end’: Postmaster retires after 60 years
In Canada, a red dot on your PO box = no junk mail
Canada Post will not put (junk) mail in your box if you request a red dot. This dot is placed at the interior of the post office for the sorters to see. I have had said dot for years and have greatly reduced my household waste.Canada Post stamps celebrate great NHL forwards
The 2016 NHL® Great Canadian Forwards stamps highlight some of the greatest goal-scorers ever to play in the NHL: Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins), Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens), Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs), Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers), Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings), and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins). Continue reading
