Christmas and New Year’s Municipal Holiday Hours

Other services are scheduled as follows: 
 
Cemetery Operations: Cemetery staff will be on call for funeral homes who require at-need sales.
 
CK Transit: All Transit services will NOT be operating on December 25, 26 and January 1.

Emergency Services: Police, Fire and Ambulance are operational 24 hours a day, every day, and are accessible by dialing "911" for emergency calls only. The fire office will be closed December 25, 26 and January 1.

Culture Services: Chatham-Kent Museum, Thames Art Gallery and ARTspace will be closed December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1. The Milner House will be closed December 24 through January 1. The Ridge House Museum will be closed for the season starting December 24. 

Capital Theatre:

Monday, December 24^th:             OPEN 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 25^th              CLOSED

Wednesday, December 26^th        CLOSED

Thursday, December 27^th            CLOSED

Friday, December 28^th                  OPEN 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Monday, December 31^st               OPEN 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 1^st                      CLOSED

Wednesday, January 2^nd              REGULAR HOURS RESUME

Mon. – Fri. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

CK Tourism: Open December 24, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; closed December 25 & 26; open December 31, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; and closed January 1, 2019.

Entegrus and Public Utilities Commission: Entegrus and the Public Utilities Commission will be closed from Monday, December 24 to Wednesday, December 26, and Monday, December 31 to Tuesday, January 1. The office will be open Thursday, December 27 and Friday, December 28; and re-opening on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

Health and Family Services Building:

The Health and Family Services building will be open from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on December 24, closed on December 25 and 26, opening for regular business hours on December 27 and December 28. The office will also be open from 8:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. on December 31, closed on January 1, reopening on January 2. This includes the offices of Employment and Social Services, Housing Services, Child Care and Early Years, and Public Health. The Employment Resource Centres located at 240 King St. W., Chatham and 786 Dufferin Avenue, Wallaceburg will be closed at noon on December 24, and closed on December 25 and 26, reopening December 27. The Employment Resource Centres will also be closed at noon on December 31, and closed on January 1, reopening January 2. The Chatham-Kent Homeless Response Line is available at 519-354-6628. Essential after-hours Public Health services are available by calling 1-866-446-8207.

Libraries: All public libraries will be closed December 24-26, December 30-31 and January 1.

Public Health Unit King Street: (located at 177 King St. E., Chatham) Open from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. December 24, closed on December 25 and 26, reopening for regular business hours on December 27 and December 28. The office will also be open 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on December 31, and closed on January 1, reopening on January 2, 2018.

Provincial Offences Court: The Provincial Offences Court will be closed at noon December 24 through December 26. The office will be closed to the public on December 27 & 28 but phones will be answered during this time. Payments may be made at a Municipal Service Centre or on-line at www.paytickets.ca. If your license is suspended, please attend a Service Ontario Office for payment of the fine and reinstatement fee. Closed at noon December 31 through January 1, re-opening January 2, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

Recreation Services: Blenheim Gable Rees Rotary Pool will close at 1:30 p.m. on December 24 and 31. Parent & Tot Swim on December 22 and 29 (10 a.m. – 11 a.m.) have been cancelled. Wallaceburg Sydenham Pool will close at 1:00 p.m. on December 24 and 31. Lane Swim on December 22 and 29 (9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.) has been cancelled.

Both pools are closed on December 25, 26 and January 1. The Holiday schedule is available at https://www.chatham-kent.ca/parks-recreation/activities-programs/aquatics-swimming/PoolSchedules

Arenas:

• December 24 - Blenheim arena is open for limited bookings. All other arenas are closed.
• December 25 - All arenas are closed.
• December 26 - Chatham Memorial and Thames Campus arenas are open. All other Chatham-Kent arenas are closed.
• December 31 - Blenheim arena is open for limited bookings. Free skates will take place at Blenheim, Dresden, Ridgetown and Wallaceburg arenas. The Holiday Skate schedule is available at https://www.chatham-kent.ca/parks-recreation/arenas. All other arenas are closed.
• January 1 - Tilbury arena is open for limited bookings. All other arenas are closed.
  
  Riverview Gardens: Reception and administrative offices will be closed December 25, 26, and January 1, but services, activities and visiting hours continue as normal. Nursing staff can be reached 24/7 by calling 519-352-4823.
  
   
  Waste and Recycling: Curbside garbage and recycling collection services will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week from December 25^th, 2018 and January 1^st, 2019 respectively. Please refer to the Recycling and Waste Collection Guide for further details.
  
  Operating hours for Transfer Stations and Leaf & Yard Depots are as follows:

Chatham-Kent Tourism: CK Tourism will be closed at noon Monday, December 24 through Wednesday, December 26. Offices will also be closed from noon Monday, December 31 through Tuesday, January 1. To access visitor information at any time, please go to visitck.ca.