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B.C. charities worried Canada Post strike will affect fundraising efforts

Approximately 55,000 postal workers have been off the job since Friday, federal mediator appointed

The Canadian PressNono Shen

Some B.C. charities and not-for-profits said they are worried an ongoing Canada Post strike will jeopardize their year-end fundraising efforts. 

Nicole Mucci, a spokesperson for Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, said 50 per cent of the organization's revenue normally comes between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and a mail strike at this time of the year is "detrimental" since so many donations come in the mail. 

Mucci said the Union Gospel Mission supports the postal workers' fi…

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