Today’s Pickup: Purolator is doing much better than Canada Post

A Purloator driver making a less-than-truckload delivery

Good day,

Purolator, the courier and less-than-truckload subsidiary of Canada Post, had a decent first quarter – all things considered.

Revenue grew by 5.1% to C$457 million (about $331 million) year-over-year, while net profit dropped by 5.9% to C$8 million. Canada Post reported those numbers as part of its first-quarter financial report, which was released on March 25.

Purolator also performed much better than Canada Post as a whole. The government-owned postal carrier, which owns more than 90%...

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Canadian trucking company gets high marks for stemming COVID-19 outbreak

A tractor hauls a tanker trailer.

When word got out that Paul’s Hauling had an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in early May, it became something of a big deal in Manitoba. Canadian media outlets covered it in at least 30 articles as reporters pressed officials on whether the carrier had become a vector for the novel coronavirus.

No truckers among cluster of COVID-19 cases tied to Brandon business, association says | CBC News https://t.co/Yn9QuJ1P4s

— Ken Hanly (@northsunm35) May 8, 2020

It hadn’t. In fact, the carrier’s proactive...

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