Nova Scotia residents going postal over changes to rural mail delivery

LUNENBURG, N.S. - A Nova Scotia politician has sent nearly 100 letters to Canada Post from residents upset about possible changes to their rural mail delivery.
"I think we've got the pot stirred up," said Don Downe, mayor of the District of Lunenburg.
More than 100 residents attended a meeting last fall to vent their anger over Canada Post's review of rural mail delivery.
At that time, Downe told residents he would pass on their written complaints, though Canada Post spokeswoman Genevieve Latour said those letters haven't arrived in the regional office yet.
Canada Post is reviewing rural home delivery across Canada.
This year, it reviewed several Nova Scotia locations, including Lunenburg County, Stewiacke, Aylesford, Mount Uniacke, Windsor, Wolfville and Kentville.
More communities will be contacted in 2010 about service reviews.
As of September, the Crown corporation had reviewed nearly 4,000 mailboxes in the Lunenburg County area.
Forty-four per cent were deemed unsafe.
Latour said fewer than 2,000 residents were told they had unsafe mailboxes because they took measures to ensure they could keep them.
"Canada Post will consider any suggestion, as our main objective is to maintain as many as possible," she said.
"We continue to meet with our customers about whether to keep the mailbox or relocate it or cluster with a neighbour or a community mailbox."