01/26/2026
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Sunday, Jan. 25 | 7:10 p.m. – Storm impacts on municipal services:
Municipal offices
All municipal offices, including in-person Planning & Dev. permit offices and 311 Customer Service Centres, are delaying opening until noon on Jan. 26.
All essential services, as well as 311, winter operations and Halifax Transit are maintaining operations.
Halifax Transit
Snow routes for buses will be in effect on Jan. 26. Service disruptions will be announced as needed via .bsky.social on Bluesky and our website.
Solid Waste
Curbside collection of solid waste for Jan. 26, is rescheduled for Jan. 31. For Jan. 27 collection, do not place waste curbside until that morning to allow for snow clearing ops.
The Otter Lake Waste Facility, Materials Recycling Facility and Organics Management Facility will be closed on Jan. 26.
Parks & Rec
Municipally-owned and operated rec facilities will be closed on Jan. 26. A decision will be made later in the day regarding whether services will continue as scheduled on Jan. 27.
The Halifax Forum ice surfaces (the Forum Arena and the Civic Centre) will be closed for the morning on Jan. 26. Halifax Forum staff will monitor and a decision will be made at noon on Jan. 26 if afternoon/evening programming will continue.
The Halifax Public Gardens will be closed on Jan. 26.
Support for those experiencing homelessness
Over the weekend, the municipality’s After-Hours Individualized Mobile Engagement team (AIM) engaged with those experiencing homelessness throughout the region to inform them of available shelter options, and where possible, help them with transportation to these shelters. The AIM team will continue to engage with people as needed in the coming days.
funds the operation of emergency shelters in the municipality, which are run by service providers:
- Halifax | 2029 North Park Street
- Halifax | Multi-Purpose Centre of the Halifax Forum | 6210 Young Street
- Halifax | St. Patrick’s Church | 2262 Brunswick Street
- Dartmouth | 197-199 Windmill Road
- Lower Sackville | Beacon House Shelter | 125 Metropolitan Avenue
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