Strategy meant to help Indigenous businesses get federal contracts is 'failing,' says ombud

Canada Post has announced that 13 communities across the country, encompassing 31 postcodes, will no longer receive door-to-door delivery and instead transition to community mailboxes, starting later this year. The first batch of addresses being converted to community mailboxes is mostly concentrated in Vancouver and elsewhere in B.C., but several areas in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Etobicoke and Moncton and Riverview will also be affected, along with three postcodes in Quebec. In total, 136,000 addresses will be converted from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes in late 2026 and...