Canada Post announced the 25 finalists who will vie for a share of nearly $1 million in prizes in the third annual Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards. From start-ups to large retailers, the who’s who of online retailing will gather on September 23 to celebrate the industry and learn which entrants have earned bragging rights … Read more
Canada Post has issued a new stamp to mark the opening of Canada’s new national museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), which will welcome its first visitors exactly one month from Aug. 20. The new stamp, featuring the tower and curving glass façade of the building, goes on sale Aug. 20. “The Canadian Museum for Human … Read more
Canada Post is releasing a new commemorative envelope to recognize the Régiment de Hull and its 100 years of service. The envelope illustrates archival photographs that recall the earlier days and later service in Germany, Korea, Cyprus, Israel, Haiti, the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. Call 613-734-8888.
Canada Post recognizes Canada’s contribution to the evolution of country music with a series of five new stamps featuring some of the country’s most renowned artists. The new stamps feature Tommy Hunter, k.d. lang, Renée Martel, Hank Snow and Shania Twain – 5 of the most unique voices in Canada’s country music history. The full … Read more
The Uniprix at 939 Albiny–Paquette Boulevard in Mont–Laurier is the latest addition to Canada Post’s retail network. The new postal outlet, managed by pharmacists–owners Dary Blanchet and Yvon L’Écuyer, offers all standard Canada Post products and services. “Working with local entrepreneurs like Mr. Blanchet and Mr. L’Écuyer enables Canada Post to make postal services even more accessible to busy … Read more
Canada Post is celebrating the work of master photographers Edward Burtynsky, Lynne Cohen, Fred Herzog, C.D. Hoy, Michel Lambeth, William Notman and Louis-Prudent Vallée, with the second issue in a five-year series on Canadian photography. Seven stamps will feature some of their most iconic photographs, carefully selected with the help of archivists and museum curators and other … Read more
With less than a month until the much-anticipated return of Ottawa to the Canadian Football League* (CFL®), Canada Post is issuing two Ottawa REDBLACKS™ Permanent™ domestic rate stamps. The stamps add to the CFL commemorative issues initiated in 2012, which pay tribute to the legendary stories and players that make up the history of the CFL and celebrate the … Read more
The Canada Post segment reported a loss before tax of $27 million for the first quarter of 2014 as Transaction Mail volumes declined by 6.9 per cent and as Domestic Parcel volumes grew by 4.9 per cent. Together, the decline in bills and statements being mailed and the growth driven by online shopping reflect Canadians’ … Read more
One hundred years ago, on May 23, 1914, the Komagata Maru, a Japanese steamship, arrived in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet with 376 passengers, all British subjects, mostly Sikhs from Punjab, India. Under the era’s exclusionary immigration policies, the passengers were denied entry, and the ship was forced to return to India. In connection with Asian Heritage … Read more
The Canada Post segment reported an operating loss of $269 million for 2013 as Transaction Mail volumes continued to erode, falling 30 per cent per address since they began to decline in 2007. The Canada Post Group of Companies reported an operating loss of $193 million for 2013. These operating losses were reduced by gains, mostly from the … Read more
