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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Looming postal strike

City of Chilliwack reminds homeowners to pay property tax amid looming postal strike

May 20, 2025 | 10:32 AM

CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is reminding homeowners to pay their property tax bills ahead of a looming strike by unionized postal workers at Canada Post.

In a social media post Tuesday morning, the city says property tax notices were mailed out last week and payment is due July 2, 2025.

However, with the Canada Post labour disruption possibly beginning May 23, the city is asking residents to review alternate payment methods on its website. For example, residents can pay in person at 8550 Young Road, through online banking, through telephone banking, directly through your financial institution, or by mailing a cheque.

Chilliwack property owners are reminded that all applications for the Provincial Home Owner Grant need to be done through this provincial website: www.gov.bc.ca/homeownergrant.

Canada Post said on Monday (May 19) that it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week. The Crown corporation says the union informed it that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday morning at midnight. According to the Canadian Press, a work stoppage would affect millions of residents and businesses who typically receive more than two billion letters and roughly 300 million parcels a year via the service. Earlier on Monday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said in an email it was “still in the process of trying to negotiate collective agreements” for its members, including nearly 23,000 mail carriers.

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