The strike by more than 55,000 Canada Post workers entered its 19th day as the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping weekend came to a close.

B.C. charities say the ongoing Canada Post strike has led to significantly fewer donations for Giving Tuesday this year.

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended accepting mail headed to Canada due to the strike by Canada Post workers. It is asking customers to refrain from mailing items addressed to Canada until further notice. The move by the U.S. Postal Service comes after some 55,000 Canada Post workers walked off the job more than two weeks ago.

Canada Post says it has removed the deadline for its Santa Claus letter program amid an ongoing national workers' strike that has halted mail delivery leading up to the holiday season.

It's been over two weeks since a nationwide strike of Canada Post workers began, with no end in sight to the ongoing negotiations.And according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB),

A Canadian postal service strike during one of the biggest shopping weeks of the year is causing shipping snags for Canadians and Canada-based companies, as well as impacting Americans sending mail to Canada.

The move by the U.S. Postal Service comes after some 55,000 Canada Post workers walked off the job more than two weeks ago

After negotiations between both parties broke down last Wednesday, the USPS suspended acceptance of Canada-bound mail.

The Retail Council of Canada is calling on the federal government to intervene in a postal strike it says is putting businesses and their workers in jeopardy.

We are now three weeks in to the nationwide mail strike , which started Nov. 15 after year-long negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) failed and 55,000 postal workers hit the picket lines.