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Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday called on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration, with the two sides still far apart on key issues.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it's been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.

The union representing Canada Post employees is asking Canadians to disinfect their mail boxes to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.

Senators are to resume a special sitting today to examine a back-to-work bill that would force an end to rotating strikes at Canada Post as the walkouts enter their sixth week.

Staring at a potential strike or lockout as early as next week, top officials at Canada Post and the union representing 50,000 of the Crown agency's employees are to meet over the weekend.

The union representing nearly 51,000 Canada Post employees issued a 72-hour notice of job action Thursday, accusing the Crown corporation of forcing a labour dispute.

From overzealous civil servants trying to shut down a little girls' lemonade stand to Fourth of July festivities hosted by the U.S. ambassador, it was quite a week in Ottawa. Then came Jason Kenney.