North Battleford City Hall. (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)

By battlefordsNOW staff

MAIL DISRUPTION

North Battleford urges e-billing as postal strike halts main delivery

Sep 26, 2025 | 10:12 AM

With unionized postal workers across Canada now officially on strike, the City of North Battleford is urging utility customers to switch to email billing immediately.

In a statement issued Friday, the municipality said the next round of utility bills is due Oct. 1, but with mail service suspended, physical copies will not be delivered. Customers who register for e-billing will receive their statements by email at no charge.

Residents may also sign up for free text reminders to avoid late‐payment penalties or service disconnections. Those not using online services can check balances by calling or visiting City Hall in person; payments will continue to be accepted there. Online credit-card payments remain available, and cheques may still be dropped off directly.

“Cheques which are hand-delivered to City Hall should be made payable to ‘City of North Battleford’.”

The city has asked vendors and contractors to submit invoices electronically to accountspayable@cityofnb.ca, noting that during the labour disruption, all payments from the municipality will be issued via electronic fund transfers.

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The strike began after Canada Post announced plans to phase out door-to-door delivery for nearly all households within the next decade.

Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound said the move is part of sweeping reforms aimed at stabilizing the Crown corporation’s finances, citing falling letter-mail volumes and a shrinking share of the parcel market.

Union negotiators told CBC that postal units are “organically” organizing picket lines, though details of the strike have not been made public. Canada Post spokeswoman Lisa Liu said in a statement that no new mail will be accepted during the labour disruption.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business also weighed in, calling the reforms long overdue and urging Ottawa to push ahead with the changes.

– With files from The Canadian Press –

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