U.S. Postal Service resumes accepting mail and packages to Canada
A Canada Post employee returns to a delivery depot in Vancouver on Dec. 17, 2024. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press)
Canadians can expect to receive mail from the U.S. again.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is resuming accepting mail and packages to Canada starting Monday following the end to service disruptions from the month-long Canada Post strike.
The USPS made the announcement on its website.
"Canada Post has made significant progress in clearing delayed volumes caused by their employee strike, and now commercial and retail customers, as well as those using online systems, will be able to send mail and packages to Canada once again," the agency wrote.
Canada Post said last month that Canadians should expect domestic package delays into the new year. It said it was working through a backlog of international mail and parcels, and started accepting new international mail on Dec. 23.
More than 55,000 postal workers nationwide went on strike over key issues such as the size of wage hikes and concerns about Canada Post's plans to expand delivery to the weekend.
Following a ministerial directive, the labour board ordered an end to the strike to give the union and Crown corporation a "timeout" amid what appeared to be stalled negotiations, with workers returning to the job on Dec. 17.
The labour board is set to hear the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' challenges to the move in mid-January.
With files from The Canadian Press
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