2023 Christmas holiday season: What’s open and closed in Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo
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As Christmas and Boxing Day approach, here’s a roundup of what’s open and closed over the holidays in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.
As Christmas and Boxing Day approach, here’s a roundup of what’s open and closed over the holidays in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.
Region of Waterloo International Airport will remain open.
Regional administrative offices (Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, and airport administrative offices) will be closed Monday, Dec. 25, Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 1.
Grand River Transit will operate winter holiday service Dec. 25 to Jan. 7. The full schedule is available at www.grt.ca.
GRT Customer Service Centres close early on Dec. 24 and will remain closed Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1.
Regional warming centres at 150 Main St. in Cambridge and 150 Frederick St. in Kitchener will remain open seven days a week (including holidays) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Go Transit will operate on a Saturday schedule on Christmas Day (Dec. 25), Boxing Day (Dec. 26) and New Year’s Day (Jan. 1).
There is no curbside waste collection on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Collection will shift one day forward so if you are regularly scheduled to get your waste picked up on Monday, it will occur on Tuesday. Tuesday becomes Wednesday and so on throughout the two-week period.
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