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Millions of people visit their libraries every week. What's the draw? Everything. During National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025, take time to discover (or rediscover) what draws people in. This ...
The average price of a book in Canada has risen by 20% since 2019. This means for every five books that Calgary Public ...
Spring is in the air here in Calgary, and with these warmer and sunnier days comes Easter right around the corner.
When a senior at the Calgary Public Library asked how she could make calls without a phone, a technology mentor turned to ...
The Calgary Public Library is launching a $1-million fundraising campaign to put more books on its shelves. In the past five ...
It’s outrageous that intentionally, violently taking another life can count for so little — but that’s our justice system ...
As the local history librarian at the Calgary Public Library, Jennifer Bobrovitz wrote a weekly column for the Calgary Herald ...
Nearly two dozen journalists from local ethnic media gathered for the first time recently, facilitated by CBC Calgary, to ...
The California State Library has partnered with The Palace Project app to make over 300,000 e-books and e-audiobooks available to Californians for free.
The Hudson’s Bay Company is closing all but six stores in Canada, but its building on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary leaves a landmark of its legacy.
The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (Downtown Branch) invites residents to experience the works of violinist Kevin A. Lefohn and Steinway artist Derek Zhi Guang Chiu in its next iteration of ...
Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of ...