Monday, October 25, 2010 is voting day for City Councils, Mayors, and School Boards in Ontario.

You can visit the Terrace Bay website for more information about the election in Terrace Bay.

You can check out government information in our Research Databases.

The Terrace Bay Public Library is now on Twitter.  You can follow us @terracebaypl to keep up on current library news, contests and information.  You can now share articles as well or just click the Facebook “Like” button if you like an article.

The library will be closing on Monday August 30th for an indefinite period of time in order to move to the new location at the Terrace Bay Cultural Centre.  We apologize for any inconvenience. We look forward to serving the community from our new location at 13 Selkirk Ave.

The Lunch Bunch Adult Reading Group is taking a break for the summer and will reconvene in September in the new library.

New hours will be effective June 1 to reflect the changes due to reduced staff.  Please see the Hours Page for our new hours.

The lucky winners of the Red Olympic Mittens were Stephanie Hanover and Faith Bond.  Congrats!

INFO is the virtual bibliographic catalogues and Interlibrary Loan System of Ontario public libraries in partnership with Ontario Library Service-North and Southern Ontario Library Service with support from the Ministry of Culture.

Patrons can browse this catalogue of books available to order but will have to come into the library to actually request us to order them.

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Canada Reads is a week-long CBC radio show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. In this annual literary bun-fight, five celebrity panelists are asked to defend their favourite Canadian work of fiction. Day by day, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year.

The selections for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2010 program were announced on December 1st.  Five celebrity panelists each chose a title that they will champion in debates during the week of March 8th.  The contenders are:

Free downloadable audiobooks are now available from the Terrace Bay Public Library! This service allows you to check out and download audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Offering popular fiction and non-fiction, our “Virtual Branch” has over 2600 titles, covering a wide range of genres and including juvenile and young adult titles.

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From left, CAO Carmelo Notarbartolo, Hon. Michael Gravelle MPP, Mayor Michael King

The Hon. Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Forestry, visited the site of the Terrace Bay Cultural Centre project to announce a contribution of $311,300 on behalf of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation and the McGuinty Government. The NOHFC contribution is 1/6 of the total project costs of $1.86 million and builds on previous contributions of $622,000 from the Federal portion of the Building Canada Fund and $622,000 from the Provincial portion of the Building Canada Fund. The project is developing its final engineered drawings and will be entering construction in October 2009 with the majority of work expected to be completed over the Winter. The renovation is expected to create 26 construction jobs in the short-term and in the long-term will greatly enhance the building and improve overall energy efficiency. Mayor Michael King praised the commitment of the various levels of government to making this project possible. Chief Administrative Officer Carmelo Notarbartolo recognized the commitment of the library board and CEO Mary Deschatalets, the Superior Seniors Club and representatives Joan Clark and Doug Roberts, and Terrace Bay Municipal Staff.