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Post Office Services to Stay in Radway

September 21, 2023

Hamlet of Radway…Canada Post has advised Thorhild County that a dealer’s application for Radway postal services has been approved. While few details are available at this time, the County is pleased to share that post office services will remain in the Hamlet of Radway at a new location.

Earlier this year, Thorhild County notified Canada Post of its intention to conclude its dealership agreement as the operator of the Radway Post Office. This decision came after many years of the County subsidizing the post office operations through property tax dollars collected from all County property owners. Recognizing that postal services are the federal government's responsibility, Thorhild County began working with Canada Post to transition postal services away from municipal operations. 

“We knew that as long as the County picked up the costs for mail services, Canada Post would maintain the status quo – that’s why it was important for us to trigger a conclusion to the dealership agreement in January so that the service costs would be applied where they belong, with Canada Post,” said Reeve Joyce Pierce. “Since we announced that we were concluding the agreement, we have regularly communicated with Canada Post to ensure they prioritized this matter.”   

Canada Post is working to establish a timeline to open the new post office location, with a tentative date of October 30, 2023. The transition will include relocating the post office boxes from the current post office to the new location. If all goes as planned, this will result in the current location potentially closing effective end of day Friday, October 27th, and the move happening over the weekend.

The County will see an annual savings of over $65,000 resulting from the conclusion of post office service provision.

“We appreciate the patience of Radway post office users as we worked with Canada Post to ensure that services are maintained, and we are grateful that an applicant is committed to managing local post office services in the Hamlet of Radway,” added Reeve Pierce.

 

Media inquiries may be directed to:

Mr. Ryan Maier, Chief Administrative Officer
Email: cao@thorhildcounty.com

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