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Due to recent provincial budget cuts, all inter-library loan service in Ontario has been suspended effective April 26, 2019. If you have borrowed an inter-library loan item there will be no renewals. If you’ve received notification that an item is available for pickup it will still be here for you. If you have outstanding requests these will be suspended, and no new requests will be accepted. Please contact the library via the Contact or AskNPL link if you have any questions....
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Léonie is in her final days of high school in her rural Quebec hometown. She feels trapped and restless, and soon her teenage angst leads to a friendship with Steve, a 30-something guitarist who lives in his mother’s basement. Although it may seem like a well-worn coming of age premise, The Fireflies Are Gone defies expectations with its insight, atmosphere and terrific performances. Winner of Best Canadian Film at TIFF 2018, the film is showing on Monday, May 6 at...
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Janice Waugh, author of The Solo Traveler’s Handbook, will be at the library for an interactive presentation on traveling solo. A love of travel, personal loss, and an empty nest contributed to Janice starting the Solo Traveler website (www.solotravelerworld.com) in 2009. She soon realized that thousands of people wanted advice and tips for travelling alone. Now Janice also moderates the 245,000-strong Solo Travel Society on Facebook. Register now and join Janice to......
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The library is chuffed to announce that lots of great BBC programs are now available on our streaming video service Hoopla. Now you can catch great shows like Cranford, DCI Banks, Primeval, Vera, The Good Karma Hospital, Gunpowder, Humans, Doc Martin, George Gently, and lots more on the telly. Blimey, it’s a cracking selection of programs from Blighty. Make yourself a cuppa and check out BBC on Hoopla in our Online Library under eVideos.

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Kimberley Aslett, Health Librarian at Southlake Regional Health Centre, will be at the library on Tuesday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m., to show you how to locate accurate, reliable health information from freely available resources online. Kimberley will provide an overview of the types of health information you may encounter online, and  demonstrate how to effectively search for trustworthy sources. Everyone attending should bring along a health question so they can practice conducting...
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