Canada Post broke a record for the number of parcels delivered in a single day last month, thanks in part to small- and medium-sized sellers fulfilling online orders. On Monday December 21, 2020, it delivered a record 2.4 million parcels. Read more
Canada Post issued a warning on Tuesday stemming from the coronavirus pandemic that can be summed up as follows: Unprecedented parcel volumes + physical distancing = delivery delays Canadians should anticipate parcel delays for the foreseeable future, even as Canada Read more
Expect delayed delivery of packages in Canada, the country’s postal service warned customers on Thursday. On Monday April 20, Canada Post delivered over 1.8 million parcels, similar to the biggest delivery days it sees during the Christmas season. That surge Read more
A warning for sellers: if you have or are expecting Money Orders from Canadian customers, you have until August 30th to cash them. The same is true in reverse for Canadian sellers dealing with US payments. The USPS announced it Read more
Canada Post will raise postage rates in January 2019. The rates were announced in June and were approved on December 6th. Rates will rise for both letter mail and parcels, domestic and international, and they’re set to take effect on Read more
Mail to, from, and within Canada has been disrupted by 37 days of rotating strikes by union workers. On Tuesday, the government passed back-to-work legislation, but Canada Post said “unprecedented backlogs” would mean continued lengthy delays for customers, though workers Read more
The US Postal Service extended contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), with no disruption to delivery. Meanwhile in Canada, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are engaged in rotating strikes, and both sides are Read more
eBay has gotten involved in the postal strike in Canada a day after Canada Post suspended its service delivery guarantees due to delays it blamed on escalating rotating strikes by the union. Canada Post said on Wednesday that in Toronto Read more
Canada Post warned customers that rotating strike action by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has resulted in backlogs and delays in mail delivery. The two sides have been working with a special mediator appointed by the government to assist Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said the government appointed a special mediator today to assist Canada Post and the CUPW in reaching negotiated collective agreements. In the meantime, the CUPW is conducting a rotating strike in Kelowna, BC Read more
