{"id":4178,"date":"2026-01-01T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:30:14","slug":"happy-new-year-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/happy-new-year-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83d\uddd3 Happy New Year, Toronto!<\/strong> \ud83c\udf86 Here\u2019s what\u2019s open<\/em> and closed<\/em> around the city today \u2014 Thursday, January 1st:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 OPEN today:<\/strong>
\u2022 Major attractions like CN Tower<\/strong>, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)<\/strong>, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)<\/strong>, Ripley\u2019s Aquarium<\/strong> and Toronto Zoo<\/strong> \u2014 great for a New Year\u2019s Day adventure! torontonicity.com<\/a>
\u2022 Retail & shopping: Eaton Centre<\/strong> (midday hours), Pacific Mall<\/strong>, Toronto Premium Outlets<\/strong> and more are open with special hours. torontonicity.com+1<\/a>
\u2022 Some grocery & convenience spots like Rabba Fine Foods<\/strong> and select pharmacies are open (check local hours). Over Here Toronto<\/a>
\u2022 Movie theatres & outdoor skating (weather permitting) are open. torontonicity.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u274c CLOSED or limited service:<\/strong>
\u2022 Banks<\/strong>, LCBO<\/strong> & The Beer Store<\/strong> are closed. torontonicity.com+1<\/a>
\u2022 Most government offices<\/strong> (including Canada Post) are closed. TorontoToday.ca<\/a>
\u2022 Toronto Public Library<\/strong> branches are closed. TorontoToday.ca<\/a>
\u2022 Garbage pickup<\/strong> is postponed \u2014 today\u2019s collection will be picked up later in the week. TorontoToday.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\ude8d Public transit (TTC & GO)<\/strong> is running on holiday \/ weekend schedules<\/em> today \u2014 plan accordingly! Transit Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the first day of 2026 \u2014 whether you\u2019re out exploring or relaxing at home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\uddd3 Happy New Year, Toronto! \ud83c\udf86 Here\u2019s what\u2019s open and closed around the city today \u2014 Thursday, January 1st: \u2705 OPEN today:\u2022 Major attractions like CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum … [read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1681,1430,1706,1626],"tags":[325,7,92,672,126,43,64,164],"class_list":["post-4178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-don-mills","category-kids","category-open-in-don-mills","category-support-local","tag-dmri","tag-don-mills","tag-east-york","tag-karen-millar","tag-karen-millar-team","tag-leaside","tag-toronto-event","tag-toronto-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4180,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178\/revisions\/4180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}