Closures and changes for Remembrance Day
Posted Nov 11, 2010 05:56:19 AM.
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Most retail outlets, as well as banks and government offices are closed for Remembrance Day.
Any HRM residents whose normal curbside collection day is Thursday should put their garbage or green bins out on Saturday, Nov. 13.
The Otter Lake Waste Processing and Disposal Facilities, the two Composting Facilities and the HRM Recycling Plant will be closed today, but will be open on Saturday with regular operating hours.
The HRM’s residential Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Depot will be closed Saturday, Nov. 13 but will be open Saturday, Nov. 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Metro Transit buses and the Alderney Ferry will operate on holiday schedules for the day.
The Alderney Ferry will provide 30-minute service with the first boat departing Dartmouth at 7:30 am, an hour later than usual. The last vessel will depart Halifax at 11:45 pm.
There will be no Woodside Ferry service, MetroLink, MetroX, or Community Transit bus service in operation on Remembrance Day.
Metro Transit buses will pause at 11:00 am to observe a moment of silence in honour of Canada’s war veterans and fallen peace officers.
Metro Transit bus operators will pull any in-service buses to the side of the road where possible.
