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Learn about upcoming outages to our website and specific online tools that are affected as well as major weather events and holiday closures that impact mail delivery in your community.

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Expanding the reach of the Xpresspost™ - International and Tracked Packet™ - International services

Effective May 14, 2018, we’re excited to offer Xpresspost - International to 7 additional countries (as a replacement for the International Parcel - Air service)

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Expanding the reach of the Xpresspost International service

We’re excited to offer Xpresspost International service to 19 additional countries. Effective October 24, you will be able to ship items using Xpresspost International, instead of using International Air Parcel, which is slower and lacks the features Xpresspost International has to offer.

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On-time delivery guarantee suspended for Xpresspost International destined for Australia

Delays are expected for all mail items sent to Australia between September 26 and October 9, 2016 due to strike activity by the Border Protection Department, which oversees customs clearance.

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On-time delivery guarantee for Xpresspost International items destined to Brazil is temporarily suspended

Due to a labour disruption in Brazil, the delivery of letters, parcels and EMS items may be delayed. Consequently, effective September 16, the on-time guarantee for Xpresspost International items destined to Brazil is temporarily suspended.

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