What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Day

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Here’s what’s changed on Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Waterloo Region

Grand River Transit: Operating on a holiday service schedule.

No changes to curbside collection of garbage, blue box, green bin and yard waste.

Open

• Select pharmacies
• Some Beer Store, LCBO and Wine Rack locations
• The Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Schneider Haus National Historic Site, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• McDougall Cottage Historic Site, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport operations
• Service First Call Centre

Closed

• All Regional administrative offices
• Most grocery stores and banks
• Transfer stations for residential drop-off at Cambridge and Waterloo Waste Management sites
• Home child care offices
• Region of Waterloo International Airport administration offices
• All libraries
• Public Health Clinics at 99 Regina St. S. in Waterloo, 20 Weber St. E. in Kitchener and 150 Main St. in Cambridge
• Administration for Sunnyside Seniors’ Services
• The Sunnyside Wellness Centre
• Community Alzheimer day programs in Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo
• Welcome Spaces at 99 Regina St. S. in Waterloo, 20 Weber St. E. in Kitchener and 150 Main St. in Cambridge
• GRT Customer Service Centres at 35 Ainslie St. S., Cambridge; 105 King St. E., Kitchener and 250 Strasburg Rd., Kitchener

Waterloo

Open

• RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex & Healthy Living Centre at 4 p.m. for regular programming

Closed

• Waterloo City Hall
• Tenant offices and buildings
• Albert McCormick Community Centre
• Manulife Soccer and Sports Centre
• Moses Springer Community Centre building
• Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex and Swimplex
• Conestoga Mall
• WMRC - Community Pavilion (Adult Recreation Centre)
• Waterloo Service Centre

Kitchener

Open

• City of Kitchener golf courses
• Activa Sportsplex
• Sportsworld Arenas
• Lions Arena
• Grand River Arena
• Public swim at the Grand River Recreation Complex

Closed

• Fairview Park Mall
• Kitchener City Hall Service Centre
• All City community centres
• All City pools except Grand River Recreation Complex
• All Kitchener Public Libraries
• Kitchener Market food hall
• The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
• The Don Mclaren Arena

Cambridge

Open

• W.G. Johnson Centre pool - 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m
• John Dolson Centre pool - 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m

Closed

• Cambridge City Hall offices
• Cemetery and Fire Admin Buildings
• All Community Centres
• All city pools will be closed on Sunday.
• Cambridge Farmers’ Market on Sunday and Monday
• All Cambridge Public Libraries on Sunday and Monday
• Cambridge Centre

Guelph

Transit: Operating on a holiday schedule

• 99 Mainline route runs from 9:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on a 30-minute service schedule
• All other routes become on demand

Open

• Evergreen Seniors Community Centre
• Guelph Sports Dome
• Centennial Arena
• Exhibition Arena
• Victoria Road Recreation Centre
• West End Community Centre

Closed

• Guelph City Hall
• Stone Road Mall
• Ontario Court of Justice
• All Guelph Public Libraries
• Guelph Civic Museum
• McCrae House
• River Run Box Office
• Sleeman Centre Office and Arena
• Waste Resource Innovation Centre
• Lyon Pool

Brantford

Brantford Transit and Brantford Lift: There will be no service on Monday.

Waste collection resumes as normal.

Open

• Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, select facilities
• The Mohawk Street Landfill

Closed

• Brantford City Hall, Customer Service and the Parking Enforcement Office
• Lynden Park Mall
• All City of Brantford libraries from Saturday to Monday
• The Brantford Cemetery Main Office all weekend
• Branlyn Community Centre
• Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community Centre all weekend
• T.B. Costain/SC Johnson Community Centre
• Woodman Park Community Centre all weekend
• Brantford and District Civic Centre for pre-booked rentals only on Sunday and Monday
• Lions Park arena for prebooked rentals only from Saturday to Monday
• Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, select facilities
• The Ontario Works Brantford-Brant main office
• Walter Gretzky Golf Course