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Council questions new bill for boxes S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
Next year, Canada Post will start charging residential developers $200 per address to put in community mailboxes. Cranbrook city council was alarmed to learn of the change on Monday, Novem-
Canada Post to start charging developers to put in new community mailboxes
ber 5, in a letter from Jacques Côté, group president, physical delivery for Canada Post, sent to municipalities all over the country. In the letter, dated Octo-
ber 18, Côté explained that over the past five years, mail volumes have dropped almost 20 per cent per address, contributing to unprecedented financial losses in 2011 and the first half
of 2012 for Canada Post. “To date, Canada Post has incurred the full cost of installing community mail boxes and activating all addresses in new developments – on top of absorbing
costs associated with maintaining the equipment and providing reliable deliver,” wrote Côté. Starting January 1, 2013, developers will be required to pay a one-off fee of $200
per address to install and activate community mail boxes, in addition to the existing process for installing community mail boxes. “Community mail boxes are a high-value service that offers secure and convenient mail and parcel delivery to Canadians. This change is necessary to ensure that Canada Post is able to maintain the high level of service that Canadians have come to expect, while contributing to the corporation’s fiscal stability,” wrote Côté.
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Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
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IN REMEMBRANCE: Laurie Middle School took a few minutes on Wednesday, November 7 to remember Canada’s veterans. After the Last Post and a moment of silence, students performed a song and interpretive dance. The ceremony finished off with music from the Laurie Middle School Band.
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A pedestrian was hit by a car in Cranbrook on Tuesday, and the driver fled the scene. According to RCMP, a man was crossing 5th Street South near 7th Avenue South when he heard squealing tires and saw a vehicle turning left in front of him. The vehicle struck the man and he ended up on the side of the road, RCMP said, but the driver did not stop. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries. The vehicle was an older Cadillac, possibly an El Dorado, the man reported, with an older female driver. RCMP are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact Cranbrook RCMP at 250-489-3471.
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