October 23 2023,
So I was talking with the management here and they said oh some one broke
into our mailboxes down stairs in the lobby of the building.
From what the management just told me this was done on Thursday October 19 2023
sometime.
But yet there is still mail in our mailboxes and Canada Post has let mail in the mailboxes
that can't be secured. Lovely so now we can't even securely get mail in this building
The whole front of the mailboxes now open up like the mail person was going to put the mail
into the mail slots right now and anyone can walk up to the mailbox and just open up
the mailboxes and pull mail out of any mail slot and Canada Post has left the mail in there.
Wow really good so much for this being a secure building I don't even feel safe
in my own building here.
Edmonton Police needs to clean up the crime in this area and across Edmonton it isn't
even safe in my own apartment building.
CIVIDA is saying they don't know when it is going to be fixed so now we can't even
get mail securely to this building if any mail is put into our mail slots the way
the mailboxes currently are then it may get stolen.
Wow this area is just bad Edmonton Police are doing nothing about the crime in this
area.
Right now all 3 panels can be just opened by anyone. In the pictures will see 2 out of the 3 panels opened but all 3 can be opened by anyone and have access to all of the mailboxes.
CIVIDA needs to find out who did this and prosecute them to the fullest extent
of the law.
This is a federal offense as well under section 356 of the Canadian Criminal Code.
Theft from mail
356 (1) Everyone commits an offence who
(a) steals
(i) anything sent by post, after it is deposited at a post office and before it is delivered,
356 (1) Everyone commits an offence who
(a) steals
(i) anything sent by post, after it is deposited at a post office and before it is delivered,
or after it is delivered but before it is in the possession of the addressee or of a
person who may reasonably be considered to be authorized by the addressee to
receive mail,
(ii) a bag, sack or other container or covering in which mail is conveyed, whether
(ii) a bag, sack or other container or covering in which mail is conveyed, whether
or not it contains mail, or
(iii) a key suited to a lock adopted for use by the Canada Post Corporation;
(a.1) with intent to commit an offence under paragraph (a), makes, possesses or
(iii) a key suited to a lock adopted for use by the Canada Post Corporation;
(a.1) with intent to commit an offence under paragraph (a), makes, possesses or
uses a copy of a key suited to a lock adopted for use by the Canada Post
Corporation, or a key suited to obtaining access to a receptacle or device
provided for the receipt of mail;
(b) has in their possession anything that they know has been used to commit
(b) has in their possession anything that they know has been used to commit
an offence under paragraph (a) or (a.1) or anything in respect of which they
know that such an offence has been committed; or
(c) fraudulently redirects, or causes to be redirected, anything sent by post.
Marginal note:Allegation of value not necessary
(2) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is not necessary to allege in
(c) fraudulently redirects, or causes to be redirected, anything sent by post.
Marginal note:Allegation of value not necessary
(2) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is not necessary to allege in
the indictment or to prove on the trial that anything in respect of which the
offence was committed had any value.
Marginal note:Punishment
(3) Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1)
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of
Marginal note:Punishment
(3) Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1)
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of
not more than 10 years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 356 2009, c. 28, s. 6
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 356 2009, c. 28, s. 6
I hope the individual(s) responsible for this gets the maximum sentence of 10 years.
So right now we can't even securely get mail in this building and Canada Post doesn't
even care enough to come and pick up the mail that is in the mailboxes wow that is
real good. I have emailed Canada Post asking them to come pick up the mail that is in
there before it gets stolen.
You can't even feel safe in your own apartment building here in this area. The Edmonton
Police need to do a lot more to make this area safe for everyone. I don't even feel safe at
home here right now.
I can't get any answers out of CIVIDA and their staff as to when this is going to be fixes so
no one here can even get mail right now this absolutely sucks.
Update so about October 26 the management (CIVIDA) here hung a sign up on the wall now telling us that we have to pick up our mail at a depot which is no where near the building and only gives you a 4 hour window out of the 24 hour day to actually pick up your mailbox.
Update #2:
So today November 17 2023 the management sent out notice to all of the residents saying that it is now going to take 6 weeks to fix this. It is already over a month now that we have no mail in this building the management here is either incompentent or just doesn't care or both. The management doesn't give a darn about the residents here. It does not take this long to fix a mailbox. Either the mailbox shoudl be fixed in a timely fashion or the mailboxes should have been replaced if they can't get parts for it.
This is just unacceptable on the part of CIVIDA wow this is horrible and show how little the staff actually care about the residents.
