TORONTO, June 5th, 2017 — As champions of small businesses, PayPal Canada and Canada Post today announced a new integrated payment and shipping solution for solopreneurs, small businesses and casual sellers. This integration aims to make e-commerce more easily accessible for entrepreneurs and small businesses including 83 per cent of Canadian small and mid-sizes businesses […]
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Spirit of the Games: Canada’s Paralympic and Olympic achievements honoured in final two Canada 150 stamps
RICHMOND, B.C. – Canadian Paralympic and Olympic greats unveiled the final two Canada 150 stamps today at a special ceremony honouring Canada’s athletes and the country’s success in hosting the Paralympic and Olympic Games. All 10 Canada 150 stamps and associated stamp products are now on sale online at canadapost.ca and in postal outlets across […]
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Players from legendary 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series unveil stamp of unforgettable goal, visit with RCAF’s 17 Wing
CFB WINNIPEG – Canada Post today unveiled its latest Canada 150 stamp by uniting legendary players who wore this country’s flag as members of Team Canada 1972 with proud Canadians who take the Maple Leaf to the skies as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The players included Pat Stapleton, who chairs the board […]
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“Our land”: Nunavut becoming a territory celebrated in seventh stamp marking Canada 150
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT – Nunavut’s Premier, its Commissioner and the Speaker of the legislative assembly unveiled a stamp today that commemorates the creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999 and celebrates the people who call it home. Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna, Commissioner of Nunavut Nellie Kusugak, and George Qulaut, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of […]
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Canada Post segment reports $44-million profit before tax in first quarter on the strength of continued growth in parcels
OTTAWA – Canada Post’s focus on innovative, convenient delivery and returns experiences is helping Canadian businesses grow through e-commerce – and maintaining Canada Post’s position as the country’s No. 1 parcel company. The growth in Parcels volumes – which were 12.5 per cent higher in the first quarter of 2017 than in the first quarter […]
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Hope, courage, hero: Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope celebrated in sixth stamp marking Canada 150
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Terry Fox’s sister Judith Fox unveiled a stamp today honouring her brother’s remarkable Marathon of Hope in 1980, which inspired Canadians, captivated a country, and launched a lasting legacy across Canada and around the world. Judith Fox unveiled the stamp at a ceremony at City Hall in St. John’s, N.L., not […]
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8,000 kilometres of connection: the Trans-Canada Highway celebrated in fifth stamp marking Canada 150
REGINA – Country music star Dean Brody, while on tour, unveiled a stamp today that captures the Trans-Canada Highway, the 8,000-kilometre ribbon of adventures, dreams and memories – and a key economic artery for Canadian business. Brody, winner of multiple Juno Awards and more than a dozen Canadian Country Music Awards, took a few hours […]
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Canada Post’s Formula One stamps honour five legends who together have won 17 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA races
MONTRÉAL – Less than a month before the next race in Montréal, the legendary Sir Jackie Stewart and the first lady of Canadian racing, Joann Villeneuve, helped to unveil stamps featuring five famous drivers who won the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA. The F1™ in Canada stamps celebrate 50 years of the race in […]
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Canada Post and The 519 unveil stamp commemorating the road to marriage equality
TORONTO – At an event today in downtown Toronto, Canada Post unveiled a stamp commemorating the 2005 passage of the Civil Marriage Act, which made marriage equality the law throughout Canada. Grassroots activists, government officials and community members attended the unveiling, catching the first glimpse of the new stamp, which features the iconic rainbow symbol. […]
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms, patriation of Constitution are commemorated in new stamp issued by Canada Post
OTTAWA –Only a peaceful nation achieves full independence with the stroke of a pen, thousands of citizens erupting in cheers and a band striking up a fanfare – which is how Canada brought its Constitution home. That achievement is commemorated in a new stamp that Canada Post unveiled today on Parliament Hill, together with the […]
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