What's open and closed in Thunder Bay this holiday season
CBC
The holiday season has arrived in Thunder Bay, and that means reduced hours, or closures, for businesses, city offices, and other amenities.
Here's a look at some of the changes.
Thunder Bay City Hall will close at noon on Christmas Eve, and remain closed until Jan. 5.
Thunder Bay Transit buses will operate on holiday schedules on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.
The transit administration office will be closed from noon on Christmas Eve until 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 5.
The board's offices will close at noon on Christmas and New Year's eves, and will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The city's Solid Waste and Recycling Facility will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.
Some changes are coming to residential waste collection during the holidays. A full list of the changes can be found on the city's website.
All library branches will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The Brodie and County Park libraries will be closed from Christmas Day to Jan. 2.
However, the Mary JL Black and Waverley libraries will be open:
All branches will be closed on New Year's Day, and resume regular hours on Jan. 2.
The Carrick Park, North End, West End, West Thunder, and James Street Playfield rinks will be open, or supervised, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
All other rinks will be closed or unsupervised from Dec. 24 to 26, and on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
The chairman of the committee leading Newfoundland and Labrador's independent review of the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding with Quebec is backing the impartiality of his three-man team.
The province has taken a major step toward restarting its onshore natural gas industry.
Allan Legere, serving a life sentence at a maximum security prison in Alberta, has been denied a request for full parole.
Winnipeg’s Granite Curling Club has asked a judge to decide whether the City of Winnipeg can ignore a provincial decision about residential housing slated to rise next to the club.
A Saskatoon woman says she watched her neighbour's police standoff play out in real time on social media.
One person is dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, following an incident Friday at a building in Regina.
A wind storm that caused the cancellation of all daytime ferries between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland stranded passengers on both sides of the Salish Sea, adding challenges for travelers in an already hectic holiday travel week.
Maritime Electric has officially filed plans with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission for the rotating power outages it says may be necessary this winter to prevent a provincewide blackout.
A Toronto hotel has organized a Christmas Eve buffet lunch for some Thorncliffe Park residents forced out of their condo units by a complex fire.
Residents in Fort Liard, N.W.T., are being advised to use filtered or bottled water and take other measures to protect themselves from high levels of disinfection byproducts called trihalomethanes in the tap water.
Alberta's election agency announced Monday it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada.
One person has been shot by police after allegedly stabbing two people in Toronto's northwest on Monday, police say.
Prince Edward Island's housing market is becoming more balanced, according to new data.