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City will fund Sundays at the Vernon Library after near cancellation

VERNON - Sundays at the Vernon Library are here to stay. The Okanagan Regional Library dodged having to cancel Sundays at the Vernon branch Friday, Jan. 16, after appealing to Vernon council for financial support in the amount of $21,000. Without the funding, executive director Stephanie Hall said the branch could be shutting down its...

Okanagan Regional Library axes service in some communities

OKANAGAN - The Okanagan Regional Library has already cut services at some branches, and more are on the chopping block. It’s all part of a process to improve equity at the regional library’s 29 service locations, after a financial audit found some discrepancies. Some branches, including those in West Kelowna, the City of Kelowna, the...

The Penticton Library wants to help you get Dirty Books cheap

PENTICTON - If your personal library is in need of an update, now’s your chance to fill the shelves with new books from the Penticton Library’s Dirty Book Sale. The foyer at the library-museum building will be full of books ready for sale at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The books are not racy though....

Okanagan Regional Library eyes staff and service cuts

OKANAGAN - The union representing Okanagan Regional Library workers is sounding the alarm over proposed staff and service cuts at branches throughout the valley. Deb Dolman, vice president of CUPE Local 1123, says an alarming 375 staff hours at 19 branches are on the chopping block as part of the regional library’s plan to improve...

Stock up your home library on the cheap; there’s a book sale coming

KAMLOOPS – If you’re one of the many readers itching to catch up on bestsellers, you’ll have the chance to search for favourite authors and crack some book spines on Wednesday. The Thompson-Nicola-Regional District Library System is having its annual sale. Aberdeen Mall will provide space for a host of fiction and non-fiction titles, CD’s and...