postal service
This 95-year-old man’s letter to Maclean’s about mail and loneliness sparked multiple pen pals
Some 50 strangers from British Columbia to Nova Scotia mailed letters to Stan Smurthwaite, a strange delight for the WWII vet and retiree
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Canada Post struggles to innovate
Neither snow, nor sleet, nor heavy irony…
The Guardian reports:
The Communication Workers’ Union has hired the US company behind Barack Obama’s successful email recruitment campaign for the presidency to advise it in its fight against the government’s plans to partly privatise the Royal Mail.