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FREE Holiday Open Skates (sponsored by Tim Horton’s)Grab your skates and enjoy a free holiday open skate at City recreation centres, sponsored by Tim Hortons! Capacity is limited and participants are welcome on a first come, first served basis. CSA-approved helmets highly recommended. Skate/equipment rentals or sharpening are not available at the facilities.

Allandale Recreation Centre (190 Bayview Drive)Dec. 28 1 - 2:50 p.m. Dec. 30 11 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.

East Bayfield Community Centre (80 Livingstone Street East)Dec. 27 3:30 - 5:20 p.m. Dec. 29 7 - 8:50 p.m.

Holly Community Centre (171 Mapleton Avenue)Dec. 27 1:30 - 3:20 p.m.

Possible Overnight On-Street Parking Exemption for New Year’s:If winter maintenance is not required, on-street parking will be permitted from 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. on January 1.

If winter maintenance is required, the City will ask residents to remove

parked vehicles from the road to allow crews to effectively clear the streets.

A notice will be posted at www.barrie.ca/snow, Facebook, and Twitter by 4 p.m. on December 31 that will confirm whether overnight on-street parking is permitted

Rethink Your Holiday WasteGive the gift of a greener Barrie. Here are some ideas to recycle, reduce waste and properly dispose of items this holiday season:

Food Is Not GarbageDon’t fill your garbage with festive meal leftovers; all food scraps go in the green (organics) bin.

Rethink Your Wrapping PaperAvoid using metallic wrapping paper or excessive amounts of tape—it’s not recyclable. When you open gifts, set a box aside to collect reusable ribbons, bows and other decorations, and consider using cards as gift tags for next year. Have a recycling box ready for wrapping paper or use non-metallic paper as a liner for your green bin. Free Electronics Recycling & Battery DisposalDid you know you can recycle your old electronics for free at the landfill?

The City landfill (272 Ferndale Drive North) is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. If your gift requires batteries, consider buying rechargeable ones. If you have to dispose of batteries, they can’t go in the garbage. Bring used batteries to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot for free disposal. It’s open Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the landfill.

Christmas Tree CollectionWeekly collection of Christmas Trees in all collection areas will occur throughout the month of January, 2019. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments and tree stands. Trees placed curbside in plastic bags will not be collected. Trees must not exceed 1.8m or 6 ft in length. Please ensure that your tree is not buried or frozen in a snowbank.There is no yard waste/Christmas Tree collection during the months of February and March.

Find more helpful tips atbarrie.ca/CurbsideCollection.

Winter maintenance in the City of Barrie Did you know? When at least five cm of snow falls in the city, the priority for plowing is the main routes (priority routes). These are the roads that are most travelled—they are serviced 24

hours a day, seven days a week when needed. The City’s Roads, Parks and Fleets Department aims to have priority routes completed about six hours after the end of a snowfall. Residential roads (secondary routes) are plowed after eight cm of snowfall. The plows aim to have these routes done 12 to 24 hours after the end of a snow event. As well, Barrie Transit bus stops and shelters are usually cleared of snow three days after a snow event, with the main stops being the priority. With Barrie's Plow Tracker, you can track the progress of the road plows, and see when your street was last serviced. Learn more at barrie.ca/snow.

HOLIDAY DATE SCHEDULE TYPE

New Year’s EveFREE SERVICE MON. DEC. 31, 2018

Regular weekday service extended to approx. 3 a.m. with FREE SERVICE beginning at 5 p.m.

New Year’s Day TUES. JAN. 1, 2019 NO SERVICE

Due to road closures for the Downtown Countdown event, Routes 3, 5 & 8 will be on detour from December 30, 2018 through January 1, 2019.

SPECIAL TRANSIT

NOTICE

FOR MORE TRANSIT INFORMATION barrie.ca/TransitNotices

There will be no garbage, organics, recycling and yard waste collection on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 in the City of Barrie. Collection for the rest of the week will occur one day later.

Christmas & New Year’s Holiday Curbside Collection Schedule

Normal Collection Day Revised Collection DayTHUR. DECEMBER 27 FRI. DECEMBER 28FRI. DECEMBER 28 SAT. DECEMBER 29TUES. JANUARY 1 WED. JANUARY 2WED. JANUARY 2 THURS. JANUARY 3THURS. JANUARY 3 FRI. JANUARY 4FRI. JANUARY 4 SAT. JANUARY 5

Barrie residents are reminded to have their materials curbside by 7 a.m. on their collection day. Collection times may be affected by routing changes.

The Landfill Site will be closed New Year’s Day. It is closed every Sunday and Monday, and will reopen Thursday, December 27, 2018 and January 2, 2019.

barrie.ca/CurbsideCollection.