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Garbage and recycling pick-up changes over the holidays

CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Along with the holidays comes celebrations and gifts, which means more garbage and recycling.

But the pick-up people get some days off too which means some slight adjustments to the schedule.

Curbside pick-up ervice is largely unaffected by the holidays with Christmas and New Years the only days with service changes throughout the Central Okanagan.

Residents who would normally have pick-up on Fridays will have to put their garbage and recycling out on Saturday, Dec. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 2.

If you have too much recycling for your cart to handle, the Glenmore landfill and recycling depot are open regular hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. but closed Christmas, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

The Westside waste disposal and recycling centre is also open regular hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. but closed Christmas, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Regular service resumes Monday, Jan. 4 in all areas.

More information is available at the Waste Reduction office website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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