The postmaster in Atlin, B.C., has delivered a special message to Canada Post this holiday season — she quits.
'I'm so frustrated with Canada Post. I'm so disappointed that it has come to this,' said Tina St CyrTina St Cyr, postmaster in Atlin, B.C., in the community's new post office, a former morgue. St Cyr had to find a new location after her store, which housed the post office, was destroyed by fire in September. Now she says she can't afford to keep operating as postmaster.
"In past history, [the post office] has usually been out of people's houses, and then I had it in my store. So basically, you already had the space, and it took very, very little to incorporate Canada Post into it," she said. "The lease amount that they currently pay me doesn't even cover the heating oil bill for one month. So if I try to keep operating, basically I'm paying out of pocket way more than I'm bringing in."
The current post office in Atlin has no plumbing and heating oil costs for one month were about $850, according to St Cyr."It is heartbreaking actually, and heart-wrenching … My absolute sympathy goes out to this community," she said.
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