Canada Post

(Newser) - The Canadian government announced Thursday that it will authorize Canada Post to end home mail delivery, sparking an immediate nationwide strike by postal workers. "The bottom line is this: Canada Post is effectively insolvent," said government minister Joel Lightbound. Officials said more than three-quarters of Canadians already...

(Newser) - A monthlong strike at Canada's postal service ended this week, and while Canada Post has assured children that their letters to Santa will still be delivered, he won't be responding this year. For more than 40 years, children who write to Santa have received personalized responses through Canada...

(Newser) - Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will make any difference to the chances of mail making it to Canadians' homes a few years from now—the country's postal service plans to completely phase out home delivery within five years and replace it with community mailboxes....