Canada Post says many parcels held up by strike to arrive before Christmas

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OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has processed its backlog of parcels from the month-long strike and expects a significant portion of them to be delivered before Christmas.

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OTTAWA – Canada Post says it has processed its backlog of parcels from the month-long strike and expects a significant portion of them to be delivered before Christmas.

As the Crown corporation ramps up operations, it says post offices are open for business and new commercial mail can be dropped off for processing, while scheduled parcel pickup services are also back.

Canada Post says it’s still working through a backlog of international mail and parcels, and will start accepting new international mail on Dec. 23.

A Canada Post employee returns to a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 17, 2024. Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Canada Post employee returns to a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 17, 2024. Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

In order to get more items to doors in time for Christmas, the postal service says it will be delivering over this weekend in select cities.

However, it says Canadians should still expect domestic package delays into the new year.

Workers went back on the job Tuesday after the labour board ordered an end to the strike, with no new agreement in sight for the postal service and the union.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2024.

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