Canada Post issues red delivery alert for storm-ravaged regions

File image of Canada Post vehicles parked at facility. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle) (PATRICK DOYLE/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Canada Post has handed out a Red Delivery notice for parts of central and northern Ontario.

A red service alert means postal workers are suspending delivery for the day and not sending post men and women out or recalling them.

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Red Delivery alerts were issued for the following locations:

• Barrie
• Muskoka and surrounding areas
• Peterborough and surrounding areas
• Sault Ste. Marie
• Sudbury and surrounding areas

Canada Post also does not collect mail during a Red Alert. Delivery and mail collection will resume once conditions improve.

An alert can be issued for a particular community or for the entire province.