Canada Post begins processing as delays linger into 2025
Canada Post resumes accepting commercial volumes and parcels after a month-long strike. Officials warn Canadians to expect delivery delays through 2024 and into January 2025 as backlog and integrated processing networks stabilize. Retailers report impact on the holiday season while shipments move gradually and other carriers adjust.
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Canada Post
Postal Service
Matt Poirier
Retail Council of Canada
FedEx
New funds may aid rural fire services says chief
Ontario announces 30 million dollars in provincial funds over three years to equip rural and unorganized fire services with decontamination gear and air purification upgrades. The act aims to reduce occupational cancer among firefighters, with Ontario reporting many cancer deaths among its 50 to 60 annual cases. Greg Horton of the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association praised the measure as timely for crews and families.
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Solicitor General Ministry
Canada
Ontario
Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association
Greg Horton
Horton
Health funding boosts Northwest care staff numbers
An $18 million provincial investment assists health-care agencies in Northwestern Ontario. Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland announced the funds at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with $14.8 million for Sciences Centre, $3.15 million to St Joseph's Care Group, and $184,000 to Atikokan Health and Community Services. Leaders say the funding stabilizes staffing costs, retention, and access to care for residents across the region.
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Northwest
Thunder Bay-Atikokan
Kevin Holland
Thunder Bay
Holland
Atikokan Health and Community Services
St. Joseph’s Care Group
Ontario
Rhonda Crocker Ellacott
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Jennifer Learning
Janine Black
Northwestern Ontario
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