In an effort to save money, Canada Post rolled out a plan to suspend door-to-door delivery services and install community boxes this year.
Right from the start, the decision had its critics, but one community is wondering what all the fuss is about.
It’s roughly a seven kilometre drive for Jim McCabe to pick up his mail. He lives in Nacmine, a community within the town of Drumheller.
The former mining area has never had door-to-door mail delivery and never had a community mailbox either.
“It really comes down to an inequity in service that Canada Post provides,” said McCabe. “When I hear people complaining about being switched to a community mailbox, I think, ‘I would love to have a community mailbox to walk to everyday to get my mail.’”
As long as the temperature is above -12 degrees Celsius, McCabe cycles, about twice a week into Drumheller for mail.
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The absence of community mailboxes has been a historical problem in Nacmine, but it struck a real nerve when the Liberals put the community mailbox program on hold – possibly scrapping it altogether.
It triggered a question – if the program is axed, what will come of the rejected inventory of superboxes?
“If they’ve got a warehouse full of them they’re not going to use, why not put them in Nacmine?” questioned McCabe.
Canada Post said while the program is under review by the federal government they have no answer for McCabe. They said the reasons Nacmine doesn’t have delivery are complex.
There’s still no timeline for the review and no decision on whether the community mailbox freeze will remain in effect.
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