Tag: Canada Post

Minister Lametti ‘Open to’ Rewriting Mail Regulations to Give More Powers to Postal Inspectors

The federal government is considering allowing Canada Post inspectors to open suspicious letters, according to Attorney General David Lametti. At a meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on May 18, Lametti said he would review changes in federal law, which currently states under the Canada Post Corporation Act that postal inspectors can…


Canada Post Scraps Epost Digital Mail Service After 23 Years

Canada Post has announced on its website that its epost program would be discontinued by December 2022. The program, first launched in 1999, was intended to be a historic way to share electronic documents, but was overtaken, mainly by Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Canada Post said in 2010 that it would be a revenue source to…


Senator’s Bill Would Give Police Power to Intercept Mail in Transit

Canada Post is the shipping method of choice for fentanyl drug dealers, and is often the only way to ship illicit substances into rural and remote communities, Senator Pierre Dalphond told a Senate committee on Dec. 1. Dalphond has introduced a bill to amend parts of the Canada Post Corporation Act to give police the…


Canada Post Employee Facing Mail Theft Charges After Over 500 Undelivered Parcels Found: Alberta RCMP

A Canada Post employee in Alberta was arrested after a search warrant found that the employee had over 500 parcels in a residence and vehicle, the RCMP says. The items were reportedly found on Nov. 23 after Wainwright RCMP, the Eastern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, and Canada Post inspectors executed a search warrant in…


Canada Post Turns Banker as Pension Obligations Threaten Viability

News Analysis In an ironic twist, Canada Post is facing such difficult financial challenges that it is now facilitating loans, but some say this will do little to remedy the Crown corporation’s problems and what’s needed instead is an overhaul. On Oct. 12, Canada Post announced the national launch of its MyMoney loan service in…


Canada Post Officially Launches Nationwide Loan Program With TD Bank Group

Canada Post now offers loans alongside stamps, packaging and its existing financial services as it officially launches a partnership with TD Bank Group. The Crown corporation said Wednesday that the loan program, which could be expanded to other services, will provide more financial options for Canadians across the country including in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. “We believe that this is the best way of providing…


Canada Post Says It Will Have a Fully Electric Fleet by 2040

Canada Post says it will transform its fleet of vehicles to be fully electric by 2040, spelling out details today on steps it will take to achieve its target. The Crown corporation says the electrification of its 14,000 vehicles will serve its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, earmarking…


Canada Post Honours Acting Legend Christopher Plummer With Unique Stamp

Canada Post is paying tribute to deceased legendary actor Christopher Plummer with a commemorative stamp. In a news release, the Crown corporation noted the life and honours of the Toronto-born acting star, who died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, in February at the age of 91. “Over his incredible 70-year career, Mr. Plummer earned…


On Censorious Posties Refusing to Deliver Epoch Times Sample Paper

Commentary Few things in life are as emotionally rewarding as donning the robes of the righteous. Like Moses descending from Mount Sinai clutching the Ten Commandments, it is wonderfully exhilarating to pronounce that your insights into this wicked world have, at last, given you the foresight to name all that is true, just, and holy,…


CBC Maliciously Mischaracterizes Epoch Times in Effort to Continue to Discredit the Outlet

On Jan. 29, the CBC published reports on The Epoch Times’ recent sampling edition delivered by Canada Post. The national broadcaster’s report was the second top story on CBC’s website on the morning of Friday, Jan. 29, and was the first segment on CBC Radio’s World Report. It was also heavily promoted on CBC radio….