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Free transit after 7:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve

The District of Kitimat with BC Transit is offering free public transit in Kitimat after 7:00 p.m. on December 31.

Bus service will also continue until 5:00 a.m. for routes 1, 2, and 3.

This service is sponsored by LNG Canada.

Download tonight's schedule here.

Plenty of activities over the holiday break

We have a lot of fun events happening in our recreation facilities over the holidays! Events include:

• Winter Wonderland Skate, December 20
• Holiday Swims - December 23 and December 28
• Frosty's Fun Skate, December 27
• New Years Eve Family Event on December 31
• Neon Nights Swim, January 3

Poster is below for these events.

If you want to know more about our fun events, visit our Kitimat Leisure Services page on Facebook, visit our Recreation and Leisure page on Kitimat.ca, or reach out to 250-632-8955. Or, as...

Notes from Council, December 15

Notes from Council, December 15, 2025:

• Council received a presentation on the activities of the Age Friendly Committee over the 2025 year.

• Council has referred a financial request for the Kitimat Spray Park to be considered with other capital budget requests. Engineering and preparation work has taken place this year for the proposed park and this direction means Council will review the construction phase of this project along with other capital items for 2026.

• The four free residential landfill...

Adjustments for curbside pick-up on holidays

Christmas and New Years Day is just around the corner, and that means there will be a slight change to curbside waste collection on those days.

If you normally get your waste picked up on Thursdays, your collection will be the day before, on Wednesday. This means:

• Thursday, December 25 becomes a Wednesday, December 24 pick-up day.
• Thursday, January 1 becomes a Wednesday, December 31 pick-up day.

The Kitimat Landfill is generally open for its regular hours too, but it will be closed on Christmas Day...

Rock Wall temporarily closed at Riverlodge

Due to unforeseen circumstances the rock wall at the Riverlodge Recreation Centre is temporarily closed.

We will update this page once it has been re-opened.

You may also call Riverlodge directly at 250-632-8970.