Milkmen a dying trade in Canada EDMONTON, Alberta, March 7 (UPI) -- There's one fewer milkman in Canada this week after a veteran of 34 years in Edmonton, Alberta, parked his truck for the last time, the National Post reported. Barry Svederus, 55, told the newspaper he would start work next week as a school custodian after delivering milk to more than 400 customers without taking a sick day in his 34 years. "Two years ago they took [away] our storage at the dairy," Svederus says. And if your truck breaks down, you have no place to put your milk ... so it was one huge worry. Then they took away our wholesale accounts, which had made us economically viable, and when they took that away it pretty much killed us. Other factors speeding the demise of milkmen include high gas prices, 24-hour stores and the modern dislike of having people come to the door, the Edmonton Journal said. At least one of Svederus' customers said she didn't even know what he looked like but had become reliant on him. The last known remaining milkmen in Canada are in the eastern Maritime provinces, but their numbers are diminishing as well, the reports said.