Mail carriers are asking residents to clear their snow and ice-covered pathways over the holiday season, or risk being put on the naughty list.
Emile Mahler says he loves being a mail carrier, but delivering mail can be a tricky task on stormy winter days.
“I know a lot of them have fallen. One of the guys who works next to me, he fell a few weeks ago and hurt his leg,” says Mahler.
A letter from Canada Post warns Canadians to shovel and salt their walkways this winter.
Mahler says, if your path is deemed too dangerous, you may not receive the Christmas package you’ve been waiting for.
“I skipped one a couple doors back because there had been no effort to shovel the snow,” he says.
Mail carrier Dwayne Corner has special shoes that grip the ice, but even they are no match for some ice-covered driveways.
“Drop the mail off, turn around, next thing you know you’re at the bottom,” says Corner.
“Doesn’t take long, one misstep and you’re gone.”
Corner has trekked through snow and ice to deliver the mail for 20 years. He says he blames HRM for the mess left behind after Sunday’s storm.
“When they were responsible for just doing the bus routes, it was bad then. So now they’re responsible for doing the whole city, it’s worse,” he says.
The city says it is doing the best they can, but the recent blasts of wintry weather have created a perfect storm of complaints.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Sarah Plowman
