Canada Post issued a new stamp that pays tribute to the women who fought and won the right to vote 100 years ago in this country. While the suffrage movement began to form nearly four decades earlier, the struggle to secure the vote did not significantly advance until the First World War, when women worked … Read more
The Canada Post Community Foundation for Children is accepting grant applications until midnight on April 11. Registered charities, school programs and community organizations are invited to apply for a share of the $1.1 million available to deserving programs serving children and youth across the country. Last year, 106 projects from across the country shared the … Read more
With their country going to war in 1914, Black Canadians stepped forward to join the fight but many were turned away because of racial prejudice. By persevering, they finally won the right to serve overseas, with hundreds of them joining a new, predominantly black unit. One hundred years after the No. 2 Construction Battalion was … Read more
Canada Post announced that consumer-facing regulated postage stamp rates will not increase in January 2016. Increases previously announced in July 2015 will not proceed pending a Government of Canada review of Canada Post, as outlined in the mandate letter for the Minister of Public Services and Procurement. As a result, the current rates for Domestic … Read more
Canada Post announced that continued growth in the Parcels business helped ease the impact of falling Transaction Mail volumes and higher employee benefit expenses as the Canada Post segment reported a loss before tax of $13 million in the third quarter, ended October 3, 2015. While Parcels volumes are usually slow in the third quarter, there … Read more
Canada Post officially opened the Drive-thru Parcel Centre in Richmond Hill, Ont., the first of its kind in any postal outlet in North America. The pilot store features a bright, free-flowing environment and offers a range of new customer conveniences, such as wifi, self-serve shipping stations, that allow online shoppers and small business owners alike to … Read more
Canada Post is temporarily suspending future deployment of the program to convert door-to-door mail delivery to community mailboxes. “We will work collaboratively with the Government of Canada to determine the best path forward given the ongoing challenges faced by the Canadian postal system. Efforts are now underway to place the comprehensive program on hold in … Read more
Canada Post officially launched Delivered Tonight™ in Montreal, the third major city in Canada where customers can have their purchases delivered within hours of placing their online order. The same-day delivery service has been operating in the Greater Toronto Area since 2013, and in Vancouver since last year. Expanding to Montreal opens up the service to an … Read more
Canada Post unveiled its new Community Foundation stamp, officially kicking off the annual month-long fundraising campaign to help improve the lives of children and youth. The image on the stamp is an illustration by renowned Quebec artist Marie-Eve Tremblay. With every purchase of this stamp booklet, $1 goes directly to the Canada Post Community Foundation, … Read more
Canada Post unveiled a second set of stamps featuring popular Canadian ghost stories. The stamps are part of a multi-year series that shares some of the spookiest tales from across the country. This year’s set highlights stories about Vancouver’s Gastown – believed to have the most haunted history of any other neighbourhood in Canada; the … Read more
