‘Risk is now’: Hamilton library board backs card-check pilot www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
Temporary entry rule for the Central Branch aims to tackle drug use and overdoses while critics warn it undermines open access
Federal prisons to lose library technicians, employment co-ordinators in budget cuts www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Correctional Service Canada plans to cut library technicians and employment co-ordinators in federal penitentiaries, a move critics worry could affect inmate recidivism and reintegration.
Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is ‘an affront to democracy’ www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...
Ira Wells explains why the government order is ‘quite demeaning to Alberta's high school-age kids’
Postes Canada veut maintenir son tarif réduit pour les bibliothèques www.ledevoir.com/culture/9624...?
Ce service de la société d’État lui a coûté 8,3 millions de dollars en 2025.
The Joyful Wrath of the Skater Librarian thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Why a historical archive on female and non-binary skateboarders is a form of protest.
Library and Archives planning deep cuts to access to information team, document shows www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Cuts will put at risk ability to comply with access and privacy laws, department acknowledged in a document
The library is offering a 10-week community engagement residency, to be awarded to one artist “in any discipline who [uses] AI ethically as a collaborative partner in their creative process,” the CPL said in a post on social media.
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Calgary Public Library announces residency for an artist who uses AI. Not everyone is on board
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Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.
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By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sackville library looks toward a future in a bigger, more accessible space www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provincial guidelines say the Sackville Public Library should have room for 10,000 more books — and for more accessible space for programming.
Saskatchewan minister says he'll have meeting at library after reports of violence www.timescolonist.com/saskatchewan...
Saskatchewan's social services minister says he's scheduling a meeting at Saskatoon's downtown library following complaints of violence and social disorder.
On this day in 1884, Toronto Public Library officially opened its first Central Library in the old Mechanics' Institute building at Church and Adelaide Streets on the City's 50th anniversary of incorporation.
Card commemorating the opening of the Toronto Free Public Library, March 6, 1884.
Sault librarians rise up against city's TikTok ban www.sootoday.com/local-news/s...
They want to post content on the BookTok subgroup, which calls itself 'the biggest book club on the planet'
Union urges Sask. to increase library supports after attacks on workers www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says libraries across the province are doubling as shelters when they shouldn't be.
Fraser Valley libraries may close Friday due to labour lockout www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
All 25 Fraser Valley Regional Library locations could be closed starting Friday morning if lockout not avoided.
Sask. library union urges supports amid ongoing violence, overdoses www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
A union representing Saskatchewan library workers is calling on Premier Scott Moe’s government to quickly address drug addiction issues that are causing violence.
Les ouvrages en français de plus en plus demandés dans les bibliothèques ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...
Depuis 2019, le taux d’emprunt a largement augmenté dans les bibliothèques d’Edmonton et de Calgary, alors que celui pour les ouvrages anglophones a diminué.
Oakville's new Central Library moves closer to reality www.oakvillenews.org/local-news/o...
Council greenlights design changes and scraps underground parking at former post office
Jackie Flowers appointed Chief Librarian of Burnaby Public Library librarianship.ca/news/jackie-...
In the wake of the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, a big-city library has come to the aid of a small-town one. The Vancouver Public Library has supplied the Tumbler Ridge Public Library with a collection of books that help parents explain grief and loss to children.
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Vancouver Public Library lending grief and loss books to Tumbler Ridge in wake of tragedy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Des experts de la documentation activement recherchés ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...
Des employeurs en tous genres sont désespérément à la recherche de techniciens de la documentation pour gérer leurs banques de fichiers informatiques.
By threatening to get rid of prison librarians, Canada is not going by the book www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Eliminating educational programs and the jobs of federal prison librarians hollows out potential rehabilitation services – not to mention Canada’s humanity
People checking out books are now just about as likely to pull a physical copy off the shelf as they are to download a version to a digital device. But the trend toward digital access comes with increased costs for libraries that pay a premium for access to online versions.
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Interest in digital books is growing — and it's increasing costs for the Windsor Public Library www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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After more than three years of work, Library and Archives Canada is wrapping up its Day Schools Project. This week on InFocus, senior project manager Beth Greenhorn gives a behind-the-scenes look at the labour of digitizing millions of Indian Day School records.
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6 million records later: What does Library and Archives Canada’s Day Schools Project mean for survivors? www.aptnnews.ca/infocus/6-mi...
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Drug use and overdoses run rampant in Canada’s public libraries www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Libraries are one of the last true public spaces but have found themselves on the front lines of the opioid and mental health crisis gripping parts of the country.
Beaumont Library sees record-breaking use in 2025 www.thebeaumontnews.ca/news/local-n...
The Bibliothèque de Beaumont Library saw record-breaking use across nearly every major service area in 2025.
