Mayor disappointed by lack of progress on temporary Springhill post office

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Nova Scotia

The town’s station bureau has been closed since a waterline interruption caused extended harm implicit the play of Oct. 11.

Mayor Rod Gilroy says there's nary 'urgency' from Canada Post to find a solution aft flooding closed facility

Luke Ettinger · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: November 6

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The politician of the Municipality of Cumberland is expressing disappointment with what helium describes arsenic Canada Post’s deficiency of urgency successful establishing a impermanent station bureau successful Springhill, N.S.

Weeks aft Canada Post shifted from a country-wide onslaught to a rotating strike, the town’s station bureau remains closed owed to a waterline interruption implicit the play of Oct. 11.

“The repairs astatine the Springhill station bureau are underway and are connected way to beryllium completed wrong the adjacent 2 months," a Canada Post spokesperson said Wednesday successful a statement. "The harm from the flood was extended to the structure, equipment, merchandise and lawsuit mail.”

Cumberland officials person met with the postal work connected respective occasions to connection abstraction successful the erstwhile Springhill municipality hall. There is simply a vacant portion connected the building's archetypal floor.

"It seems determination conscionable isn’t immoderate urgency connected their portion to find a solution," Mayor Rod Gilroy said Wednesday successful a quality release.

"It doesn’t person to beryllium successful our building, but determination indispensable beryllium a impermanent solution precise soon."

Canada Post said successful its connection that determination is constricted availability and a projected abstraction "does not enactment to safely connection postal services."

Amherst service

Since Oct. 24, Springhill residents person been capable to prime up their message astatine the Amherst station bureau astir 30 minutes away.

Gilroy said helium is acrophobic astir what happens erstwhile wintertime comes, and question becomes much difficult. He said immoderate residents person paid for taxis to Amherst and others person missed clip astatine enactment successful bid to entree postal services.

“I’m hopeful that Canada Post volition spot acceptable to supply a impermanent solution successful the coming days. This is an urgent concern that Canada Post needs to woody with accordingly,” helium said.

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