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Canada Reads 2020

allison_library
20/07/2020
After a delay due to COVID-19, Canada Reads is back today! Every day from...
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Entertain yourself with the best online content - week of July 27

nathancarofrechette
24/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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Entertain your kids with the best online content - week of July 27

nathancarofrechette
24/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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Overdrive Big Library Read - The Darwin Affair

OPL_BPO_Comms
10/07/2020
Join readers across North America from August 3 rd -17 th and download the...
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Josephine Cox dies at 82 - with more than 60 books to her name

CD_Librarian
23/07/2020
Josephine Cox wrote a small library of family sagas, and sold more than 20...
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Genealogy in Isolation

ProgramDevelopment
09/04/2020
Make 2020 the year you explore your roots! Admit it, genealogists, self-isolating is your...
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Cycling in the City

OPL_BPO_Comms
17/06/2020
Perhaps you have rediscovered a bicycle stored in the far reaches of your basement...
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Community Reads – Black Lives Matter

OPL_BPO_Comms
19/06/2020
Four titles that appear on many lists of recommended anti-racist books a re available...
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Library 1:1

OPL_BPO_Comms
11/06/2020
Help yourself with our help – Book a one-on-one consultation with information experts at...
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Yoga and Mindfulness Program for Teens

ProgramDevelopment
13/07/2020
Ottawa Public Library and special guest, Taylor Gendron, are excited to offer weekly drop-in...
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Holds resumption – June 29

OPL_BPO_Comms
26/06/2020
As part of the expansion of our returns and holds pickup service, we are...
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Returns and holds pickup services expanded to more locations

OPL_BPO_Comms
24/06/2020
We are happy to announce the expansion of our returns and holds pickup service...
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Entertain yourself with the best online content - week of July 20th

nathancarofrechette
17/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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Entertain your kids with the best online content - week of July 20

nathancarofrechette
17/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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Picture of a bee on a flower.

How does your garden grow? Pollinators!

LibraryLexy
14/07/2020
If you’ve been relying on gardening to provide you with some regenerative moments –...
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Image of fingers with faces drawn on them. Speech bubbles above the finger people say "hello" in a variety of languages.

Closed doors can’t keep this ESL group down!

ProgramDevelopment
14/07/2020
Tuesday afternoons at the North Gloucester branch are always alive and bustling with camaraderie...
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The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction - shortlist

CD_Librarian
21/05/2020
July UPDATE: the 2020 winner is Colson Whitehead for The Nickel Boys ! Have...
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Entertain yourself with the best online content - week of July 13

nathancarofrechette
10/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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Entertain your kids with the best online content - week of July 13

nathancarofrechette
10/07/2020
As we’re all practicing physical distancing , Ottawa Public Library has been posting daily...
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*NEW* Curbside Returns and Holds Pickup Service 

OPL_BPO_Comms
28/05/2020
For the most recent information about returns and holds pickup service, please see this...
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