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Shopping Centres:

Kildonan Place, St. Vital Centre and Cadillac Fairview

December 24 — 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (St. Vital Centre opens at 9 a.m.)

December 25 — Closed

December 26 — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

December 31 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

January 1 — Closed

Liquor Marts (view hours):

December 25 — Closed

December 26 — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

December 27 — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

December 28 — 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

January 1 — Closed

The Forks:

December 24 -– 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

December 25– Closed

December 26 — 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (select tenants open)

December 27 to 30th – 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

December 31 — 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (fireworks at 8 p.m.)

January 1 — 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (select tenants open)

January 2 — Regular hours

Canadian Museum for Human Rights:

Open daily, including Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays (but closed December 25).

Manitoba Museum:

December 24 — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

December 25 — Closed

December 26 to January 3 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Assiniboine Park Zoo:

Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (excluding Christmas Day)

Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada:

December 24 — 9:30 a.m. to noon

December 25 — Closed

December 31 — 9:30 a.m. to noon

January 1 — Closed

City of Winnipeg Civic Offices:

Closed at noon on Thursday, December 24 and all day on December 25, December 28 and January 1.

Recycling/Garbage Collection:

All customers (single-family homes, apartments, businesses) will have recycling and garbage collection as usual on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. No pickup will be made on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Residents with pickup on Friday, December 25 will move to Saturday, December 26. Those with pickup on Friday, January 1 will move to Saturday, January 2.

Brady Road Landfill:

December 25 — Closed

December 26 — 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

January 1 — closed

January 2 — 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Let’s Chip In Christmas Tree Recycling Depots:

Residents can recycle their real Christmas trees by dropping them off at any of the 11 Let’s Chip In depots, open from December 27 to January 20, 2016. Please remove all plastic tree bags, tinsel, decorations, and tree stands. Free wood chips will be available at all depots in early January (while quantities last). Please bring your own container.

Trees placed beside recycling or garbage carts will not be collected.

Winnipeg Transit:

Winnipeg Transit will be operating on a Sunday schedule on:

· Friday, December 25

· Saturday, December 26

· Friday, January 1

Free rides will be provided on New Year’s Eve, with the last bus leaving down at around 1:38 a.m.

Leisure Centres:

Thursday, December 24 — All Leisure Centres will close at noon; except Fort Rouge Leisure Centre remaining open until 4:30 p.m.

Friday, December 25 — Closed

Saturday, December 26 –Closed

Thursday, December 31 — Closed except:

Fort Rouge Leisure Centre is open from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;

St. James Civic Centre is open from 6 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and

Freight House is open from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Friday, January 1– Closed

Swimming Pools:

Thursday, December 24 — All pools and fitness facilities scheduled to be open will close at noon.

Friday, December 25 — Closed

Saturday, December 26 — Closed

Sunday, December 27 to Wednesday, December 30 — Regular hours

Thursday, December 31 — All pools and fitness facilities scheduled to be open will close at 4 p.m.

Friday, January 1, 2016 — Closed

Winnipeg Public Library:

Thursday, December 24 — Charleswood, Fort Garry, Henderson, Louis Riel, Millennium, Pembina Trail, River Heights, St. Boniface, St. James-Assiniboia, St. Vital, Sir William Stephenson, Transcona, West Kildonan and Westwood Libraries will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All other libraries will be closed

Friday, December 25 — Closed

Saturday, December 26 — All libraries closed

Sunday, December 27 — Regular hours

Monday, December 28 — Closed

Tuesday, December 29 — Regular hours

Wednesday, December 30 — Regular hours

Thursday, December 31 — Closed at 5 p.m.

Friday, January 1, 2016 — Closed

Regular hours resume Saturday, January 2, 2016.

Animal Services Agency:

Thursday, December 24 — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, December 25 — Closed

Saturday, December 26 — Closed

December 27-31 — Regular hours

Friday, January 1 — Closed

Cemeteries:

Cemetery grounds at Brookside, St. Vital and Transcona Cemeteries will be open for visitation from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day throughout the holiday season, weather permitting.

Winnipeg Parking Authority:

Hours of operation for the Winnipeg Parking Authority during the holiday season are as follows:

Thursday, December 24 — 8:30 a.m. to noon

Friday, December 25 — Closed

Saturday, December 26 — Closed (as per regular hours)

Sunday, December 27 — Closed (as per regular hours)

Monday, December 28 — Closed

Tuesday, December 29 — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 30 — 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday December 31 — 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, January 1 — Closed

Saturday, January 2 — Closed (as per regular hours)