Thanksgiving: what’s open, closed

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Manitobans will get a chance to give thanks and enjoy the change in seasons this Thanksgiving Monday.

It’s a statutory holiday, meaning civic, provincial and federal offices are closed. This includes advance polling at city hall for the Oct. 26 civic election, which is closed over the weekend and Monday, and resumes Tuesday.

Here at the Free Press, we won’t publish a print edition Monday, but will have an e-edition available to subscribers.

Businesses and services across the city will change their hours for the Monday holiday.

Here’s a selection:

COVID-19

Bivalent COVID-19 boosters will be offered through primary health care providers for those eligible.

Pre-operative patients can receive COVID-19 PCR testing at the Dakota Medical Centre from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., but appointments must be booked in advance.

SHOPPING

CF Polo Park, St. Vital Shopping Centre, Garden City Shopping Centre and the Outlet Collection mall will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Grant Park Shopping Centre will open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Forks Market is scheduled to be open.

Most grocery stores, including Safeway, Sobeys, Superstore and Walmart, will be open.

Manitoba Liquor Mart stores in Winnipeg will operate from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for the True North Square Liquor Mart, which will be closed. For details on exceptions and rural Liquor Mart hours, visit www.LiquorMarts.ca/hours.

Beer vendors and private wine stores set their own hours for the holiday, so Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries suggests the best way to find out if the one near you will be open is to call.

ENTERTAINMENT

The Assiniboine Park Zoo will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Manitoba Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Children’s Museum will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq will be closed, as will the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Movie theatres are open.

RECYCLING AND TRASH

Recycling and garbage will be collected for those with Monday as their collection day.

The Brady Road landfill will be open 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LEISURE ACTIVITIES

The Pan Am leisure centre is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All other leisure centres are closed.

The Crescent Drive, Harbour View, John Blumberg, Kildonan Park and Windsor Park golf courses will be open Monday, weather permitting.

The Pan Am and Margaret Grant indoor swimming pools are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., respectively. All other pools are closed.

WINNIPEG TRANSIT

On Monday, buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.

For route and schedule details, visit Winnipeg Transit or contact 311.

LIBRARIES

All Winnipeg Public Library branches will remain closed.

For detailed information on library hours, call 311 or visit the Winnipeg Public Library website.

CEMETERIES

Brookside, St. Vital and Transcona cemetery grounds are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Cemetery offices will be closed on the holiday.

For more information on city cemeteries, visit the municipal cemeteries branch online or contact 311.

GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Civic, provincial and federal offices are closed.

The Winnipeg Parking Authority is closed. There is no requirement to pay for on-street parking in Winnipeg Monday.

The Winnipeg Animal Services Agency is closed.

There is no mail delivery on Monday. Canada Post offices are closed, but post offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business.