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Helping Children Through Grief

When adults experience a loss they can often pull from past experiences to help with the grieving process. This is … More

love, friendship, grief, death, children's books, mourning, wordless books, Aaron Becker, Dr. Jillian Roberts, illustrations, Sara Cassidy, Doris Sanford, Caron Levis

Kanopy Streaming Service

We are pleased to introduce Kanopy, a film and video streaming service that provides access to over 30,000 movies, documentaries … More

children's movies, documentaries, K-Kids, Kanopy, Kanopy Kids, movies, streaming, streaming service

Just In Time For Family Day

It is important for children to be able to see themselves in some of the books that they read. It … More

Claire Robertson, Cornelia Li, diversity, families, Family Day, Frank Viva, Holly Clifton-Brown, Jessica Shirvington, Kathryn Cole, Miriam B. Schiffer, Naseem Hrab, Sophie Beer

Read This Next

Are you a reader who likes personal recommendations and some conversation about their next reads, but doesn’t have time to … More

CloudLibrary, Goodreads, podcast, Read This Next, recommendations, YouTube

Things To Do If You’re Feeling Blue

Normally, this is the time of year when the winter blues hit.  Months of cold, dark days start taking their … More

ancestry, Bridging the Digital Divide, CloudLibrary, exercise, Finland, genealogy, hobbies, Katja Pantzar, meditation, reading, sisu, walking poles, YouTube

Get Educated About Marijuana

The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) has reported that their daily sales have held steady around the 9,000 level, almost five … More

Aliza Sherman, Cannabis, Dr. Junella Chin, Elise McDonough, Jeff Lowenfels, Johanna Silver, Marijuana, Michael Backes, Munchies, Pat Crocker., Rob Mejia, Tammi Sweet.

eBooks and eAudiobooks: Flexible and Accessible

For many years, the Thunder Bay Public Library has offered physical buildings with paper books and other tangible resources; but … More

CloudLibrary, eAudiobooks, eBook, eBooks, virtual collection

Hygge, or finding your comfort zone

The holidays are done, and the house seems empty without the colourful decorations. The first of January is full of … More

Art, Baking, Bronte Aurell, Denmark, Elias Larsen, Happiness Institute, hygge, Jonny Jackson, knitting, light, Meik Wiking, Nicki Trench, Signe Johansen, textures

When Giving is the Gift

This year, like no other, has tested our collective will, generosity and conscience. We know that there are many suffering … More

act of giving, Cathy Crowe, covid-19, Danielle Steel, Debbie Macomber, gifts, Hannah Salwen, Homelessness, Kevin Salwen, street nurses

Ukrainian Folk Tales

My household celebrates Ukrainian Christmas with many of the traditional twelve dishes on Ukrainian Christmas Eve, including meatless-borscht, perogies, and … More

Alvin Tresselt, Dorris Sorensen, folk tales, Ivan Malkovych, Kost Lavro, Marko Vovchok, N. Pedan-Popil, translation, Ukraine, Ukrainian clothing, Yaroslava

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