WINNIPEG - March 30, 2010 - Spring Leisure Guide programs are starting soon and there is still time to register! There are many options available including Adult Active Living, Learn to Swim, Children’s, Older Active Adult and Adult Leisure programming.

The Leisure Guide also offers an exciting line-up of summer camps, featuring a number of new options to keep the kids busy this summer! Go back to the land of time when dinosaurs roamed the earth with Ya Ba Da Ba Days; test your skills, stamina and team-work by taking the Survivor Challenge; grab your cowboy hats and boots for Wacky Wild West Days; try your arm at Flag Football/Ultimate Frisbee and much more! It may only be spring break, but camps fill up quickly, so register today.

The Spring/Summer Leisure Guide is available at all civic arenas, pools, libraries, and leisure centres and at over 200 retail locations. The Leisure Guide can also be viewed online by visiting Winnipeg.ca.

For your convenience, the City offers a number of ways to register:

• Leisure Online: (visit Winnipeg.ca/leisureonline) a login ID and PIN and a credit card are required. Set up an account prior to registration by calling 311 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or by visiting any civic pool or the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre (located at 625 Osborne Street).
• Call 311: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• In-person: visit 395 Main Street or any civic pool (check in-person registration times at the facility of your choice)
• Drop-off: drop-off completed forms at any of the following locations (check facility for operating hours):
  • Fort Rouge Leisure Centre - 625 Osborne Street
  • Main floor - 395 Main Street
  • St. James Civic Centre - 2055 Ness Avenue
    

WINNIPEG - March 30, 2010 - All civic offices are closed Friday, April 2, 2010 to Monday, April 5, 2010.

Single-family homes

• There will be no recycling or garbage collection on Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5, 2010. Collection will resume on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 – Day 3 on the five-day cycle.

Multi-family apartments

• Recycling and garbage collection will continue as normally scheduled.
  

Hours of operation for the Brady Road Landfill during the holiday weekend:

The Recycling/Garbage Collection Calendar and information on Brady Road Landfill is at the back of the MTS White Pages Phone Book and at winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste

Friday, April 2 - Winnipeg Transit will be operating on a Sunday schedule.

Monday, April 5 - Winnipeg Transit will operate on a regular weekday schedule with the exception of the following routes:

• 21 Portage Express – Reduced service
• 25 Ness Super Express – Cancelled
• 41 Henderson Express – Glenway service cancelled
• 46 Transcona Express – Cancelled

For complete schedule information visit www.winnipegtransit.com or call 311.

All libraries are closed on Friday, April 2; Sunday, April 4; and Monday, April 5. Regular hours of operation are in effect at libraries on Saturday, April 3.

Conservatory:
Open 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3.
Open 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 4 and Monday, April 5.

• All pools are closed on Friday, April 2, except Pan Am Pool. Pan Am will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Regular hours of operation are in effect for all pools on Saturday, April 3.
• Pools will open on Sunday, April 4 as scheduled but will close at 4:00 p.m.
• All pools are closed on Monday, April 5, except Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex which will be open from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

All Leisure Centres are closed Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5. Regular hours of operation are in effect on Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4.

The Animal Services Agency facility at 1057 Logan Avenue will be closed Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5. Regular weekend hours of 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. are in effect for Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4.

WINNIPEG - March 30, 2010 - Residents in the City’s Northwest Area with back-lane automated garbage cart collection will be able to place their cart on the same side of the lane as their property starting Monday, April 19 (Day 2 on the Recycling and Garbage Collection Calendar).  

Until April 19, residents must continue to place their garbage cart on the hydro-pole side of the back-lane or in a location specified by the City. 

Residents will receive a brochure outlining this change.  The brochure will also provide details on the new Bi-weekly Spring and Fall Yard Waste Collection program for the Northwest Area, as well as information on switching to a larger cart and/or getting a second cart for an annual fee.

Information on these changes will also be available on the City’s web site at winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste.

About 42,000 dwellings in the Northwest Area changed from manual garbage collection to automated collection in February.  On February 24, 2010, Council approved changes to the automated garbage cart collection program in the Northwest Area to introduce two-sided back-lane collection, a new bi-weekly spring and fall yard waste collection program and options for switching to a larger cart and/or getting a second cart for an annual fee.