postal service

• Crunch time for Canada Post as Christmas mailing deadline looms

  Canada Post is facing a greater-than-usual holiday crunch, as Canadians are shopping online en masse with stores closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Dec 16, 2020
• U.S. House to investigate Postmaster for possible campaign finance law violations

  Louis DeJoy is accused of encouraging employees at his business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed them in the guise of bonuses.

  World

  Sep 8, 2020
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• Pelosi to call back U.S. Congress to vote on Postal Service bill

  The action comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2020
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• UPS, FedEx says they can’t help U.S. Postal Service deliver mail-in ballots

  Social media posts suggested there was a "big opportunity" for UPS and FedEx to deliver ballots for free as the U.S. Postal Service struggles with funding shortfalls.

  World

  Aug 15, 2020
• U.S. Postal Service warns most states of delays in mail-in ballot deliveries

  Voters and lawmakers in several states are also complaining that some curbside mail collection boxes are being removed.

  Politics

  Aug 14, 2020
• Trump admits Postal Service funding stalled to avoid mail-in ballots

  “If we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money,” Trump said in a Fox News interview. “That means they can’t have universal mail-in voting; they just can’t have it.”

  World

  Aug 13, 2020
• ‘It was awful’: A mother’s remains missing in mail for a month

  A Calgary-area couple is breathing a sigh of relief after an urn containing a loved one’s ashes was returned, after it went missing while being shipped between funeral homes.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2019
• Marijuana in the mail: Canadian postal services ready for legal cannabis deliveries

  Legal cannabis is set to usher in a wave of high-value, age-restricted parcels in the mail system, and delivery companies say they're ready.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2018
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• Possible service disruption as Winnipeg postal workers vote for strike mandate

  Mail service disruptions could soon hit Manitoba, as early as Saturday, after postal workers voted in favour of a strike mandate for their union.

  Jun 28, 2016