General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

[tomh009]

On a related note, it will be interesting to see how Canada Post adapts to the rise in online shopping.  A lot of their current retail desks were clearly designed for mainly letter mail and a handful of parcels.  Last Christmas was different as Canada Post was overwhelmed at the retail outlets, particularly when customers didn't arrive in a timely manner (but still within Canada Posts waiting time) to pick up their parcels.  If Canada Post still had a large postal station downtown, it could be used as clearing station for large parcels that weren't picked up in time at the outlets further out.

Many locations already do that. For example, the DTK SDM location is very much specialized in parcels, both pick-up and (to a lesser degree) drop-off. Clearly it's their #1 business by far.