Canada Post Update: Alternate Pickup Locations, E-Edition FREE 24/7

Canada Post’s largest union CUPW delivered 72 hours notice of job action on November 12. On Friday, November 15, it went ahead with the strike action, shutting down mail delivery and unionized post offices country wide.

Unexpectedly, Canada Post countered Friday morning announcing that no mail would be processed at all, even locally in non-CUPW post offices.

This was a departure from what Caribou Publishing has been told in the weeks leading up to the strike by Canada Post officials, most of whom are non-CUPW employees who were expecting to be able to process local mail. Through their own internal discussions, and from experience with past strikes, it was expected that local mail and newspapers would still be put in local boxes, as long as the mail was dropped off at the specific post office of delivery. For example, in order for Bruderheim residents to receive their newspaper, a Lamont Leader employee would need to deliver it directly to Bruderheim post office. This is something we do already, so we hoped for minimal interruption.

However, now that Canada Post has decided to freeze all mail, even those at small local post offices, our company and newspapers across the country will have no choice but to make alternate arrangements.

Anyone who normally has their newspaper mailed, can instead pick it up at the following locations:

Village of Chipman Office ( for Chipman & Hilliard rural addresses )
County of Lamont Office ( for Lamont, Star, & St. Michael rural addresses )
Town of Mundare Office ( for Mundare rural addresses )
Village of Andrew Office ( for Andrew rural addresses )
Town of Bruderheim Office ( for Bruderheim rural addresses )

All regular stores will have copies for sale per usual. 

As always, e-editions of our newspaper will be available free of charge for viewing on Patreon and Issuu. If you don’t already read the paper this way, consider checking it out! 

The federal government has appointed a mediator between the two sides, but it was reported by Global News on Monday that the two sides are still “far apart” on several issues.

We remain hopeful that only the November 20 edition will be interrupted, however, we feel the plans in place will ensure most local readers can grab their newspaper easily at an alternate location, and if not, will be able to read it easily online.

Thank you for your patience and for supporting your local newspaper.