61 h. ago Few Canadians support Canada Post privatization, but open to sweeping changes: survey

More than 70 per cent of Canadians said they would reduce mail delivery to three days a week

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3 d. ago American busted with $300K of pot after wrong turn at U.S. border with Ontario

A GPS error sent a man toward the U.S.-Canada border, where he was arrested after authorities discovered boxes of marijuana in his vehicle.U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) states that 43-year-old U.S. citizen Ronald Nunn is facing felony drug charges after authorities searched his rental truck following a wrong turn at the U.S.-Canada border. A CBP post on X reveals that Nunn is from California.The incident occurred on Sunday, June 15, in Buffalo, New York, when Nunn was driving while following directions on his phone. He alleged that, unbeknownst to him, the directions were leading him to Canada.He made the wrong turn onto the Peace Bridge at the U.S.-Canada border, then headed back to the U.S. At the border, he allegedly told a CBP officer that his truck was empty."However, upon further inspection by the CBP officers, several boxes were discovered in the back of the truck, contradicting the man's claim," reads the release. "The rental truck and Nunn were...

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4 d. ago Today's letters: Canada Post is the backbone of charitable contributions

Monday, June 16: The postal service is far from irrelevant, one letter-writer says, while others lament long delivery delays. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

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7 d. ago Canada Post unveils 1st of 3 new stamps coming later this month

Canada Post on Friday unveiled the first of three new stamps to be released later this month, which are part of a new series from the national postal service.

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8 d. ago Ottawa puts latest Canada Post offer up to a vote by union members

OTTAWA — Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she’s putting Canada Post’s latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties. She said in a social media post it’s in the “public interest” to give members of the Canadian Union of Postal […]

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8 d. ago Ottawa will have CUPW members vote on Canada Post’s ‘final” offer

Minister of Jobs Patty Hajdu says Canada Industrial Relations Board will be directed to conduct the vote 'as soon as possible'

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8 d. ago Canada Post’s latest offer set to go to a vote by union members

Canada Post workers will soon be asked to cast their votes on whether to ratify the employer's final offer in the ongoing labour dispute, despite union opposition.

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8 d. ago Wildfire live updates: Air quality warning in Calgary | Canada Post halts some deliveries | MEG Energy restores connection

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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8 d. ago Wildfire live updates: MD of Greenview lifts evacuation order I Air quality warning in Calgary | Canada Post halts some deliveries

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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8 d. ago Wildfire live updates: MD of Greenview lifts evacuation order | Canada Post halts some deliveries | MEG Energy restores connection

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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9 d. ago A thousand baby chicks flown from Alberta to Kelowna amid looming Canada Post strike

With the threat of a Canada Post strike looming, it was decided to switch the chicks' transportation from ground transport to air.

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9 d. ago Canada’s military a ‘welfare case’ despite pledge to meet 2% NATO target

In discussion with the Post's Terry Newman, Anthony Koch argues Canada is a "massive laggard when it comes to international defense in NATO"

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1 week ago Union says Canada Post won’t meet it ‘halfway’ on arbitration, prolonging deadlock

OTTAWA — The union representing 55,000 postal employees says Canada Post is refusing to meet it “halfway” on arbitration, with talks stalled and the two sides still far apart. In a release, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the Crown corporation is unwilling to collaborate on drafting the terms for an arbitrator to weigh […]

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1 week ago Canada Post rejects union terms for arbitration as both sides enter bitter stalemate

Canada Post said the union has effectively refused to take heed of a federally commissioned report that called for major reforms to the 158-year-old institution

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1 week ago Canada Post rejects union’s arbitration proposal as ‘unacceptable’

A government push to steer Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 mail workers toward common ground hit a big pothole Monday.

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1 week ago Stalemate between Canada Post, workers drags on as union demands feds stay out

GATINEAU, Que. — Canada Post says it has failed to make progress in recent talks with the union representing 55,000 postal workers as an increasingly acrimonious impasse drags on. The Crown corporation says the two sides cannot find common ground even on the terms for an arbitration process, which Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the […]

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1 week ago Toronto weather will be colder than these Arctic locations this week

We may be more than a week into meteorological summer (and less than two weeks away from the start of astronomical summer) in Toronto, but as any local will know, that certainly doesn't mean we should rely on Mother Nature to give us any level of consistency when it comes to nice weather.Just like the bout of record-breaking cold the city saw in late May — when temperatures dropped down to single-digit highs after we thought the balmier conditions were here to stay — this week, residents are in for another flip-flop that will bring the mercury down to the same level as some Arctic Circle locales.Yes, The Weather Network is warning the public of some less-than-ideal temps on deck for parts of Ontario, including the 6ix, which meteorologists said in a blog post will be one of the coldest places in Canada in a matter of days, and "could be colder than the Arctic Circle by Friday."The forecast for that day — fittingly, a Friday th...

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1 week ago Things to do in Calgary in June: Inglewood Night Market | Black Music Month | Calgary Farmyard

There is no shortage of things to do in Calgary. Here are highlights from local events in and around the city. Check out our full events listings for more. Black Music Month at National Music Centre View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Music Centre (@nmc_canada) In honour of Black Music Month, […]

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1 week ago Deachman: Once, Canada Post was vital. Now people tell me it's irrelevant

'I feel guilty saying it, but I could live without Canada Post,' one Ottawan in my small neighbourhood survey confessed.

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1 week ago TERRAZZANO: Ottawa should be selling Canada Post and not bailing it out 

Here’s a bold prediction: Canada Post won’t pay back a dime of the $1-billion bailout it’s taking from taxpayers. The federal government gave Canada Post up to $1 billion in “repayable funding” to “prevent insolvency.” Canada Post is supposed to pay that funding back to taxpayers “insofar as (Canada Post’s) revenues are sufficient.” With Canada […]

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