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Friends of RPL Reading

Like many public libraries, Regina has a “Friends of the Library” group. But unlike most libraries, ours sprung up in response to threatened closures of three branches plus

Saturday Snap – Opening of the Saskatchewan Legislature (Oct 27, 2010)

Opening of the Saskatchewan Legislature – Oct 27, 2010, originally uploaded by headtale. Here’s a shot from the opening of the fall session of Saskatchewan’s Legislature. When I

A Once-A-Year Post

Technically, I should’ve posted this clip yesterday. But with the way the so-called “weather bomb” snow blizzard crap hit us, I wasn’t really in my usual jaunty “first

Jessamyn West at the RPL Staff Conference

I’m pretty excited about our staff conference on Friday (although the last minute details and fire fighting gave me a bastard of a headache today so that I

Saturday Snap – The Beauty of SILS

One of the great advantages of being in a province-wide system now is that there is a much greater chance that a patron can find a book they’re

Five Hits on Thanksgiving Day

Hockey The Flames got spanked in their first game of the season against the Oilers (who almost made me want to cheer with them with what a dynamic

Saskatchewan’s Libraries Helping to Support California Pro-Pot Legislation?!?

I could write headlines for the World Weekly News with a subject line like that! But I did catch this little tidbit in a story about how Facebook

Music Monday – “Because they’re right in front of you/Because they’re telling you the truth”

Ryan Meili, runner-up to Dwain Lingenfelter in the race for the NDP Leadership Race last year and someone who was seen as a rising star within the party,

Music Monday – “These cruel men keep running ’round/That’s why Charlie’s coming down”

You may be familiar with CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Song Quest“, a contest where people could write-in votes for different locations in each of Canada’s provinces and territories

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