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Best Christmas Cookie Recipe (hic!)

Best Christmas Cookie Recipe (hic!)1 cup of water1 tsp baking soda1 cup of sugar1 tsp salt1 cup of brown sugarlemon juice4 large eggs1 cup nuts2 cups of dried fruit1 bottle Crown Royal- Sample the Crown Royal to check quality.- Take a large bowl, che...

From postal strike to postal strife and stroke: ebay sellers should also protest

Getting into the spirit of 'peaceful protest' and 'civil disobedience' who else thinks it would be a grand idea to stage performance art protests using our ebay-branded shipping supplies to maximum impact? My best idea so far: ebay-created tape bodie...

Halifax NS Arrest Postal Protesters

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-police-arrest-six-protesters-at-canada-post-facility-1.4201937

More precise info from CP

So the line I keep reading from Canada Post,getting from their customer service line is,the backlogs are "unprecedented",with no more guarantees of anything,with no specifics as to time of backlogsbeing cleared up or parcels getting to theirdestinati...

Union Launches Protest Campaign After Ordered Back to Work

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjH6LLWq_XeAhXLiFQKHabKBqgQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fcupw-legislation-strike-action-response-1.4922372&psig=AOvVaw2v3cr6X0wk1O_tAAmLiMpO&ust=1543434492195816

General Motors realignment

Sad for all those affected in both Canada and the US. However this is free enterprise at work. Some of the interviews with line workers and union heads expressed that GM owes them to stay put and continue manufacturing cars that aren't selling and to...

'Unprecedented backlogs will continue to mean lengthy delays for customers'

https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/comm/alert/details.page?article=2018/11/27/unprecedented_backlo&cattype=special&cat=specialalert So much for hoping this was over, see above and below for the latest from Canada Post.

Senate passes Canada Post back-to-work legislation

' Senate pushes Canada Post discussion to Monday'

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senate-pushes-canada-post-discussion-to-monday-1.4191078 Had the Senate passed the bill today, postal workers would have returned on Monday And https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-canada-post-legislation-strike-1.4...

US Postal Service is negotiating a new contract with its Worker's Union

The US postal Service (USPS) is in the process of negotiating a new contract with its Worker's Union ...... https://www.midlandpaper.com/postal-service-american-postal-workers-union-negotiations-extended/ From that link..... "The United States Postal...

Subsidized China postage -- how will Canada be affected?

Came across this today; USPS will no longer subsidize shipping from China and some American friends on a collectors' forum are concerned about the increased cost for them. I'm curious whether anyone who follows these sorts of things knows whether/how...

CBC The Current -- Interview with striking postal worker

If you have a chance to listen to the repeat of this program you may learn something more about the workers' side of the strikes.The postal worker (not authorized by the union) was most concerned about injuries on the job which have according to her ...

'MPs pass motion that will help Canada Post back-to-work legislation to proceed'

https://globalnews.ca/news/4694552/canada-post-back-to-work-legislation-vote/ "The motion sets out the process by which to pass Bill C-89, the 'Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act,' which could put postal workers back on the job..... MPs ...

‘Union outraged by back-to-work legislation’

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4915974

WRITE TO PM & MP ABOUT EFFECT OF POSTAL STRIKE ON YOU

I would like to encourage all eBay users (or at least anyone who comes to the boards) to follow my lead in taking 15 minutes today to compose an email message to the Prime Minister’s Office (ccing your local MP) to explain the effect the prolonged po...

Canada Post offer "Ceasefire" until January 31st

As subject says.

‘Ottawa ready to order Canada Post back to work’

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4913042'A step we do not take lightly,' minister's office says

‘Canada Post warns southern Ontario to have worst mail delivery delays in country’

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4912691‘By week's end, corporation says it may be unable to pick up items in Toronto due to lack of space’

‘Canada Post Worker Speaks Out Against Union’

https://globalnews.ca/video/4679427/canada-post-workers-speak-out-against-union

CUPW Wants Another Mediator, Not Back-to-Work Legislation

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/content/ctvnews/en/national/canada/2018/11/18/1_4181963.html

New Logo?

Has anyone else noticed the new solid red ebay logo? Multi-colour is still on the Community screens but everywhere else it is solid red. Good for Canada Day but otherwise it looks like an off-shoot of Target.

I saw an eBay ad!

Watching TV last night and saw the eBay logo featured in the trailer for a new movie.The movie is Ralph Wrecks the Internet.Not sure how I feel about this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T73h5bmD8Dc

eBay News, in the news

https://esellercafe.com/ebay-us-ecommerce-market-share-drops-below-one-percent/ For those curious about trends.. https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/10/22/cheap-chinese-goods-will-be-the-first-casualty-of-the-postal-treaty/ Bye, Bye free shipping...

Help Wanted-- Vancouver

Heard a Help Wanted ad on a Vancouver golden oldies station today for AZ temporary workers .Paying 'up to' $18.20 an hour*.Wondering who could afford to live in Vancouver for $36,400 annually. BC minimum wage is $12.65 an hour.

CPTPP coming into effect

https://qz.com/1441027/the-cptpp-trade-deal-is-ready-to-go-into-effect/?utm_source=qzfb&fbclid=IwAR0i2PY8DojqGVyPCCMiPKKeFcFeXyRAx5ani2LmSad91Fy2tHYQd-8pttA Canada is about to complete ratification of the TransPacificPartnership.The name changed slig...

‘ Canadian small retail businesses optimistic about growth and highly reliant on U.S. exports’

https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/press-room/ca/canadian-small-retail-businesses-optimistic-about-growth-and-highly-reliant-on-u-s-exports/Saw it first here: https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/10/11/ebay-sellers-in-canada-rely-on-us-but-face-shipping-...

Donald Trump’s new NAFTA: USMCA

The USMCA looks to be the trade pact formerly known as NAFTA.The agreement will grant the U.S. an effective veto over which countries Canada can pursue trade deals with in the future, namely China. Firstly, I think that the biggest danger of Trump is...

Duties crossing the border from US to Canada

There was a discussion on the seller board a couple of months ago when Canada imposed a lot of extra duties on items that before didn't have them. I mentioned that I go across the border in Blaine, WA to the US about once a month and I was going to r...