Calgarians panicked as Canada Post strike enters fourth week
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The impacts of the Canada Post strike are ramping up as other shippers pause their pick-ups to clear growing backlogs.
The impacts of the Canada Post strike are ramping up as other shippers pause their pick-ups to clear growing backlogs.
Purolator and UPS have both temporarily halted shipments from some courier companies as they try to work through a deluge of deliveries brought on by the strike.
Small businesses in Calgary say it’s creating an even bigger backlog at the height of the holiday shipping season.
“We’ve got 10 to 15 containers full of packages just in Calgary alone that they need to process before they can take anything new,” KnifeWear’s Ellie Pickett said.
“It really hurts with two or three weeks until Christmas, and shipping date deadlines cutting off. We just had that big Black Friday rush and we can’t get people their packages.
“We’re kind of screwed right now.”
KnifeWear employees and its customers aren’t alone in their misery.
