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Canada Post unveiled a new stamp on May 6 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident. The stamp was unveiled on Parliament Hill to start Asian Heritage Month. Canada Post issued the stamp to mark the centennial of this event and also recognizing the steps that the country has taken towards a more tolerant and diverse society.

The rotating strike by Canada Post mail carriers and other workers will hit seven provinces starting late Sunday night, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced. ... On the issue of salaries, Callaghan said the parties are "fairly close" on wages for regular employees, but Canada Post is pushing for a significant cut in the hourly rate for new hires, to as low as $18 from about $23. ... The Crown corporation counters that measured on a per-address basis, mail volumes are down 17 per cent since 2006 and calls the union "out of touch" with the challenges facing the...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada's postal system has stopped delivering mail to a home in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after a mail carrier was scared away by a "very threatening cat," the Winnipeg Free Press said on Friday. A Canada Post spokeswoman said the agency was concerned about the safety of its carriers, although it hoped for an amicable solution to its dispute with cat-owner John Samborski. "The letter carrier who delivers mail there ... was brought up on a farm, she is very comfortable with animals," spokewoman Kathi Neal told the newspaper. "Apparently this is a very threatening cat." Samborski told...

Christ gets Canada Post's stamp of approval Religious imagery is making a comeback this Christmas season, writes Jenny Jackson. Jenny Jackson, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 For the first time, Canada Post is selling religious and secular Christmas stamps, hoping to appease "both camps" in the treacherous crossfire over holiday terminology. Next year, it will offer three secular stamps and one religious one. Canada Post released three stamps with Nativity scenes and one snowman stamp in November, just two months after the Catholic Women's League of Canada asked its members to lobby Canada Post, the prime minister,...

Dan LeBlanc’s neighbour says he saw a Canada Post carrier open the gate of LeBlanc’s Spryfield yard and shake his tied-up husky-shepherd mix, Silver. (Photo: Darrell Oake) Dan LeBlanc is livid after a neighbour says he witnessed a Canada Post carrier enter his yard and vigorously shake his dog Thursday morning. “I wouldn’t treat her like that and I sure as hell don’t want Canada Post treating her like that,” said the 39-year-old from Spryfield. LeBlanc keeps his dog Silver tied up next to a doghouse in a fenced yard. His mailbox is attached to the outside of the fence....

Posted on Wed, Oct. 20, 2004U.S. to Enforce Rules for Mail to CanadaWASHINGTON (AP) - Most mail to Canada must bear the complete name and address of both sender and recipient or it won't be allowed into the country, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday. The tighter addressing requirements are in response to increased security. Even such sender or recipient identifications as "Grandma" or "Aunt Ruth" can result in mail being rejected, the agency said. All mail, except post cards, that does not show the complete name and address of sender and recipient - in Roman letters and Arabic numerals...

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