(Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Postal issues

Prince Albert’s only downtown post office set for closure

Jan 2, 2020 | 3:00 PM

A big change is coming this year for Prince Albert residents who rely on the Canada Post location at the Central Ave. Pharmasave downtown.

As of 12 p.m. Jan. 17, the post office will cease operations. Richard Meyers, director of retail operations for Rubicon Pharmacies, told paNOW it was simply a business decision.

“We look at all aspects of our operations and their long term viability aspects of the business and we just had to make a decision with the post office,” he explained.

Meyers said the closure will not result in job losses, rather one existing employee will be transferred to Rubicon’s other location in the city at Crescent Heights Pharmacy.

“We are going to replace [the post office] with some new products and new offerings which I cannot comment on at this time,” he said. “Certainly it will be interesting and exciting and something our customers will be impressed with.”

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A spokesperson for Canada Post informed paNOW they were contacted by Rubicon in early December about the decision, and provided the following statement:

“We apologize to our customer for this inconvenience, but we believe they will continue to be well-served by two postal outlets just two kilometers from this location (Shoppers Drug Mart stores at 230-800 15th Street East and 2995 2nd Avenue West) and another three kilometres away (Crescent Heights Pharmacy at 2805 6th Ave. E.). We informed all affected customers of this change in mid-December.”

This letter has been posted at the Pharmasave post office. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Canada Post has said customers renting a post office box have been provided with options at the other postal outlets or a refund of the remaining portion of their rental. Free mail redirection for one year is available to the affected customers.

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