The fight for a critical community resource in Vancouver’s Chinatown continues.

City Coun. Pete Fry introduced a motion on Wednesday to pressure Canada Post to reopen a specific office.

Fry says the closure has been hard on residents — especially seniors.

“Residents of Chinatown in the Downtown Eastside, older people, people with disabilities, people who might not have the means to travel several kilometres to pick up their mail,” he explained.

Canada Post shut down the Main Street post office in November as part of reported cost-saving measures.

“This was a business decision from Canada Post. They’re obviously going through some new modelling of business decisions. So, I mean, it’s too late for that particular location and franchisee, but there’s a lot of opportunity within Chinatown

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