Anyone who's recently lost their door-to-door mail service might not get it back, but Canada Post has halted the installation of community mailboxes.

It made the surprise announcement yesterday.

This means nearly half a million households that were to be converted over the next two months will keep their current mail service. This includes the 3,400 addresses in Thompson that were slated for the conversion.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is elated, and says it will push the incoming Liberal government to reverse the cuts to postal services that have been made so far.