November 12, 2025 - until further notice

Important note on delivery 
We are now using Canada Post for houses & duplexes

By David Price, editor
On October 11, 2025, Canada Post’s union changed strike strategies again, this time choosing to have rotating strikes. Under this new circumstance, the Independent has chosen to use Canada Post for houses and duplexes, but – if there is a rotating strike here – house and duplex papers (and only they) will be delayed by the length of the strike, at least. 

Summary:
Apartments and condo buildings? No change. We have not been using Canada Post for these multi-unit buildings since its union has been in a strike position beginning in late spring. Buildings should be getting drops by private distributor.
Internet? No change.
Email? No change.
Drops to ATMs, dépanneurs, waiting rooms, municipal buildings and the Metro grocery store on Victoria Ave.? No change except to increase the number of papers dropped.
House-to-house delivery (including duplexes)? You will get a weekly newspaper from Canada Post, but it could be late if there is a rotating strike here.
Newspaper distribution boxes? They are in place, as follows:
Same as November-December 2024:

• Côte St. Antoine/Victoria (northwest corner),
• The Boulevard/Aberdeen (southeast),
• Montrose/Mt. Pleasant (northeast),
• entrance to Murray Park (Montrose/Murray),
• entrance to Murray Park (Westmount Ave./Murray Hill),
• entrance to Queen Elizabeth Gardens (Barat/Vignal),
• outside our building at 310 Victoria Ave.

Newer sites:

• Devon Park entrance on Upper Belmont,
• Greene Ave. parking lot just south of Sherbrooke, at sidewalk, south side,
• de Maisonneuve/Lansdowne entrance to Westmount Park,
• outside Centre Greene,
• outside 1310 Greene Ave.

Please note that the Upper Roslyn/Roslyn steps box is out of commission due to construction work there and has been for quite a few months.