Another long weekend is upon us but not everyone gets all three days off.
The Civic Holiday, celebrated each year on the first Monday in August, is not a statutory holiday however that doesn't mean it will be business as usual.
Here is a list of what's open and closed in London on the Civic Holiday:
CLOSED:
- Government offices (municipal, provincial, and federal)
- Canada Post (no mail delivery)
- Banks
- No garbage and recycling collection
- White Oaks Mall (9:30am-6pm), Masonville Place (10am-5pm), and Westmount Shopping Centre (9:30am-5:30pm)
- Select LCBO outlets
- Most Beer Stores - 11am - 6pm
- Labatt Retail Store on Richmond St.
- Drug stores
- Grocery stores
- Costco Wholesale
- Central Public Library (all other branches closed)
- Fanshawe Pioneer Village
- Fanshawe Conservation Area (for campsite availability call 1-866-668-2267)
- City spray pads and wading pools
- Movie theatres
- London Ribfest in Victoria Park
Normal service returns on Tuesday.