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Hundreds of thousands of books have been freed from a months-long purgatory as scores of staffers race to get them out of storage and back on shelves following a cyberattack that felled the Toronto Public Library’s computer systems in October. Workers at a Scarborough distribution hub have cleared more than 10 tractor-trailers …
Read More »Brandon school board votes down LGBTQ2 book ban – Winnipeg
After a decisive vote Tuesday night, the Brandon School Division is keeping books with LGBTQ2 content in its libraries. A large crowd cheered after trustees voted six to one to reject a proposal that would have created a committee to review library book content. The debate stemmed from a motion …
Read More »7-year-old with autism spreads awareness, laughs with joke book
Stalen Venator was just 21 months old when diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He’s now a seven-year-old in Oromocto whose favourite hobby is to make others laugh. Stalen, who doesn’t speak, has used an IPad to communicate his jokes on Facebook each week for the last two years. Recently, he …
Read More »Q&A: Calgary doctor’s new book captures photos of health-care workers, patients during pandemic
It’s an experience Dr. Heather Patterson says saved her career. When she wasn’t working as a physician in the emergency room in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was behind the lens, documenting the happenings in the emergency room. She took photos of her colleagues and their patients, chronicling …
Read More »Here’s how caribou matchmaking — and a stud book — could help save Alberta’s dwindling herds
A careful kind of matchmaking will guide a last-resort effort to restore Jasper National Park’s vanishing herds of woodland caribou. With the park’s remaining herds considered too small to survive, Parks Canada plans to capture females — along with a small roster of bulls — and breed them in captivity. …
Read More »Winnipeg pastor’s reflections on LGBTQ+ inclusion removed from book highlighting female leaders
A book meant to give female pastors a voice within the Mennonite Brethren Church is being seen as silencing one of those voices after a contribution from one of its writers was censored. Winnipeg pastor Mary Anne Isaak is one of 15 female leaders who contributed to On Holy Ground: Stories …
Read More »It’s a good time to learn the immune system—and this is the book for it
If ever there was a moment to brush up on your knowledge of the immune system, this is that moment. (Okay, March-April 2020 may have been preferable, but you can still catch up.) And Immune is the perfect vehicle to help you do that. This book is phenomenal. It is …
Read More »COVID Vaccination For 15-18 Age Group Begins On Monday. Know About Eligibility, How To Book Appointment, And More
New Delhi: The COVID vaccination drive for teenagers in the 15-18 age group in India is set to begin on Monday with over seven lakh beneficiaries already registered on the CoWIN portal. The data on the CoWIN dashboard reflected the registration of 7,21,521 beneficiaries by 9:20 pm on Sunday, news …
Read More »The Book of Boba Fett Release Date and Time, Trailer, Cast, Episodes, Review, and More
The Book of Boba Fett — set to release on Wednesday — will herald the return of one of the most popular bounty hunters from the Star Wars universe to TV and mobile screens on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. Boba Fett, who featured in the original Star Wars trilogy starting …
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