NEW YEAR’S EVE

Most retail outlets, businesses, municipal offices and some fast food restaurants will be closing early, many by 5pm, some earlier

• Georgian Mall – 9:30-5:00
• Bayfield Mall – 9:30-5:00
• Kozlov Centre – 9:30-5:00
• Tanger Outlets – 9:30-6:00
• Orillia Square Mall – 9:30-5:00
• Upper Canada Mall – 9:00-5:00
• Vaughan Mills – 10:00-6:00
• Some drug stores will be open until midnight. Click Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall/PharmaPlus or Guardian for store locations and hours

Public Transit

• Barrie – regular weekday service with extended FREE service from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m.
• Bradford – regular service until 5:00 pm; FREE service run s from December 31 at 5 p.m. until January 1 at 3 a.m.
• Colltrans – service until 6pm
• Collingwood/Wasaga Beach Link – regular service
• Collingwood/Blue Mountains Link – regular service
• Midland – service ends at 3:15 pm
• Orillia – Regular service from 6:15 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. FREE transit from 7:45 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. (final departure
  downtown)
• Simcoe County Linx – regular service
• GO Transit – Early homebound, extra late-night trains + FREE service after 7 p.m.
  • Trip departing Union at 12:40 will make additional stops at York University, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury and Bradford
  • Trip departing Union at 13:40 will make additional stops at York University, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury, Bradford, Barrie South and Allandale
  • Trip departing Union at 14:40 will make additional stops at York University, Barrie South and Allandale
  • Cancelled trips from Union at 17:35 & 18:35
  • Cancelled trips from Aurora to Union at 13:41 & 14:41
  • Extra trip will depart Allandale Waterfront at 20:00, make all stops to Aurora, and then express to Union arriving at 21:38
  • Extra trip will depart Union at 01:40 to Allandale Waterfront and arrive at 03:20

Events

• Barrie – Downtown Countdown
• Bradford – 7th annual Family First Night
• Orillia – New Year’s Eve Bash at Rotary Place
• Huntsville – family-friendly New Year’s Eve fireworks at Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area. Live music from 5:00-8:00 pm with fireworks at 6:00 pm. Bar closes at 8:00 pm.

Garbage Collection

• Barrie – regular collection
• Orillia – regular collection
• Simcoe County – regular collection

NEW YEAR’S DAY

CLOSED

• Government offices
• Canada Post
• Banks
• Most retail outlets and malls, including:
  • Georgian Mall
  • Bayfield Mall
  • Kozlov Centre – stores with outside entrances may be open
  • Tanger Outlets
  • Orillia Square Mall

OPEN

• Upper Canada Mall – 11:00-6:00
• Vaughan Mills – 10:00-7:00
• Some drug stores will be open. Click Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall/PharmaPlus or Guardian for store locations and hours
• convenience stores
• gas stations
• some coffee shops
• some restaurants
• movie theatres
• Casino Rama – Orillia
• Gateway Casinos – Innisfil

Public Transit

• Barrie – Sunday schedule
• Bradford – none
• Colltrans – regular service
• Collingwood/Wasaga Beach Link – regular service
• Collingwood/Blue Mountains Link – regular service
• Midland – none
• Orillia – none
• Simcoe County Linx – none
• GO Transit – Sunday schedule

Garbage Collection

• Barrie – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be one day late for the remainder of the week
• Orillia – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be one day late for the remainder of the week
• Simcoe County – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be one day late for the remainder of the week