What's open and closed in Saskatoon for New Year's

With New Year's Day falling on a Sunday, reductions to some city services in Saskatoon will continue throughJan. 2.

City Hall, the impound lot and all library locations will be closed both days.

The landfill will be open its regular hours, and garbage and recycling will be picked up as usual.

The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo will be open.

The Cosmo Civic Centre and the Terry Fox track will be closed, but the Saskatoon Field House, Lakewood Civic Centre, Lawson Civic Centre, Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre and Shaw Centre will be open. All fitness classes, though, are cancelled.

Ding in the new year

Transit will run on its regular Sunday schedule on both Sunday and Monday.

For New Year's Eve on Saturday, transit service will be free thanks to a partnership between Saskatoon Transit and SGI.

Free rides begin at 5 p.m. CST and continue until 2:45 a.m. Sunday to give people choosing to imbibe in celebrations a safe way to get around the city.

In years past, free New Year's Eve transit began at 8 p.m. This year, it's beginning earlier to give people going to YXE-NYE-150 a ride.

The celebration, held at Kiwanis Memorial Park, celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary of confederation and includes a fireworks finale from the Broadway Bridge.

The bridge, meanwhile, will be closed to vehicle traffic from 5to 9 p.m. Spadina Crescent will also be closed from 22nd Street to 24th Street from 3to 9:30 p.m.