Update: The Town of Drumheller has been in discussion with Canada Post and a community mailbox that was requested for Rosedale Station has been approved.
It appears that Canada Post is taking a second look at its decision to not install community mailboxes in Rosedale.
The Mail has been following the story since the Rosedale Post Office was temporarily closed in September of last year.
Last week the Mail reported residents were told at the Drumheller Post Office that Rosedale residents would not be getting a community mailbox and their mail service would be at the Drumheller Post office.
Rosedale resident Dianne Snyder began a petition in support of community mailboxes and in about a week gathered over 150 signatures. She received word from Canada Post they are reconsidering installing community mailboxes.
“I just received a phone call from Canada Post in Ottawa and she informs me they are evaluating their stand on the community mailboxes for our town,” Snyder stated on Facebook.
She adds she is expecting a response in about a week.
In the meantime, she tells the Mail she continues to make her petition available to residents wishing to show their support for the community mailboxes.
“I am optimistic but very cautious,” she said. “We now have them communicating with us, which has never happened. To me, you have to have communication before you have anything.”
The petition deals with the lack of proper advertising to find a new site in Rosedale, the removal of the community boxes that were promised in December, and the complete lack of community communication by Canada Post.
