Canada to Stop Delivering Mail to City Homes Over 5 Years

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/world/americas/canada-to-stop-delivering-mail-to-city-homes-over-5-years.html?hp&_r=0

Though Canada would become the first Group of 7 country to end all residential mail delivery in cities and older suburbs, Canada Post shares many problems with postal services in the United States and elsewhere, including rapidly declining mail volumes and high wage and pension costs. Along with the service cuts, the government-owned service said it would eliminate 8,000 jobs, mostly through attrition.