Natal Day 2015: What's open and closed in Halifax

The August long weekend is here and CBC has a list of what's open and what's not across the Halifax region on Monday.

Grocery stores:

Atlantic Superstore locations are open 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sobeys locations are open 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Liquor and beer:

Most NSLC locations open 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., except for the Scotia Square location which is closed and the Mic Mac Mall location, which is only open until 5 p.m.
Both the Gottingen Street (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Windmill Road (12 p.m. to 8 p.m.) Propeller Brewery locations are open regular hours.
Garrison Brewery on Marginal Road is open regular hours (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.).
North Brewing Company on Agricola will be closed.
Bishop's Cellar is open regular hours (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Malls:

Halifax Shopping Centre is open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Mic Mac Mall is open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Park Lane Mall is open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.​
Scotia Square is closed.

Banks:

All banks are closed.

Halifax Public Libraries:

All branches of the Halifax Public Library will be closed on Natal Day.

Parking:

Parking is free at meters on Monday.

Transit services:

Regular Metro Transit buses will operate on a Sunday holiday schedule. There will be a number of detours because of Natal Day events. You can find them listed here.

Halifax's Natal Day weekend will have free Alderney ferry service on Sat., Aug. 1. Weekend ferry service schedules can be found here.

Garbage, green bin and recycling collection:

Curbside collection of garbage, organics or recyclables normally scheduled for Natal Day will occur on Saturday, August 1. The new changes in collection rules will be in effect.

The waste processing and disposal facilities in Otter Lake, the two composting facilities and the municipal recycling plant will be closed.

Canada Post:

All post offices will be closed. There is no collection or delivery of mail on Natal Day.