It’s nice to see mail delivery resuming.
If you’re a subscriber and reading this, you’ve obviously got your paper. Here’s what we’ve been doing:
For subscribers with street addresses, we delivered the Sept 30 issue to your doorstep. We will do that again this week because Canada Post will have a backlog to get through, and we want to make sure as many people get their paper on time as possible.
For subscribers with Bonnyville, Cold Lake, or St. Paul box numbers, your papers are at your local library. Ardmore subscribers can pick up their papers at the Mini-Mart.
For all others, we have withheld your Sept 30 paper until mail delivery resumed. It will be sent out this week along with the current issue.
We’re sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate your understanding.
I will admit it was fun playing paperboy, taking papers directly to subscribers’ doorsteps. I didn’t have time to ring the bell and chat with everyone, but I liked meeting up with some readers and getting to know you a bit.
My grandsons Ronan, 9, and Nathaniel, 7, usually help me with deliveries to downtown Cold Lake storefront businesses. With their teachers on strike, I’ve been able to introduce them to the main streets of St. Paul and Bonnyville as well.
The boys have enjoyed getting to know their neighbouring communities—they’ve noticed some things are similar to Cold Lake, many things are different. They’re full of questions and they’ve enjoyed meeting kind people wherever we go.
As I wrote last week, the Post Office has always been kind of a national whipping-boy and it’s long (long, long) overdue for reform. But our business has certainly missed the postal workers and their efforts, and we’re happy they’re back—at least for now.
My wish is for better, more relevant mail service; an agreement the corporation and the workers can live with; and years of smooth sailing getting your paper to your door.
Call me an optimist.