Canada Post strike impacting some Maritime businesses [Video]

There are plenty of stocking stuffer ideas at Phee’s Original Goods – a leather works shop in Sydney, N.S. – so it’s little surprise Christmas is their busiest time of year.

However, some of their holiday deliveries have been coming with extra costs.

“We haven’t been able to ship to our rural customers for the same prices we were able to with Canada Post,” said owner and operator Kyle McPhee.

When the postal strike started, McPhee emailed his clients expressing support for the postal workers – while explaining he has to ship through companies like Purolator, FedEx and UPS for now.

“People want to see (the strike) resolved, but in the interim we’re just going to keep on with business as usual and use the other couriers,” McPhee said.

For Farrah Aspinall-Renaud, owner of Canapa Candle in Louisbourg, N.S., being under the same roof as the community’s post office used to make shipping easy.

Now, she is offering only local pickup because driving into Sydney to …