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The 2024 Canada Post strike was a strike action against Canada Post by the national membership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The strike began on November 15, 2024 [1] and suspended on December 17. [2] A strike may start again on May 22, 2025. [3]
Public holidays in Canada (French: Jours fériés au Canada), known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats (French: jours fériés), consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial levels. While many of these holidays are honoured ...
Here's what you need to know about banks, post offices and shipping services and whether or not they will be open on Wednesday, Dec. 25 this year. When is Christmas 2024? Christmas is on Wednesday ...
The holidays where the stock exchange is closed are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; there are also some holidays where trading is permitted, including Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and New Year's Eve.
Canada Post also receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny. In 2001, Canada Post started accepting e-mail messages to Santa. In 2006, more than 44,000 email messages were responded to. [70] The 2024 strike caused Canada Post to remove its deadline for sending letters to Santa when its letters to Santa program was disrupted. [71]
Christmas market in Jena, Germany. A Christmas market is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. These markets originated in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, North Italy and many French regions such as Alsace, Lorraine, Savoy, [29] but are now being held in many other countries.
Here is a list of the specials dates in 2024. Federal Holidays. New Year's Day: Monday, Jan. 1. ... Christmas Day: Wednesday, Dec. 25. Religious holidays. ... Stock market opens lower, weighed by ...
Helsinki Christmas Market in 2022. Helsinki Christmas Market (Finnish: Tuomaan Markkinat; Swedish: Tomasmarknaden; lit. ' St. Thomas Market ') is a Christmas market held every year in Helsinki, Finland. It is visited by more than 300,000 people every year. [1] [2] [3] The event has been organized since 1994.