It’s December and it feels like the Library is on the cusp of change. December is always a time of ending and renewal; it’s when we enter the dead of winter and also when the sun first begins to return. One year passes and another begins. You get the idea.
You can always tell the good recipes by how many stains are on the page. This one comes from a tattered, handwritten notebook that belonged to my Grandma. Some of the words are faded or covered with cake batter, so even if you’ve never tasted it, you know it will be good.
Every November thousands of writers around the world participate in National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. The challenge? To write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. Think you can do it? Then, I encourage you to participate…
The Library is open! Here's how we've responded to the provincial restrictions announced on September 15th. We will be following capacity restrictions rather than restricting access to our services. So if you, for example, need to use our…
Today the province brought in a mask mandate and announced that the unvaccinated should limit indoor social gatherings due to the rising number of cases in this fourth wave of COVID-19. Since we have no way of telling who is vaccinated and who isn't, it would be irresponsible of us to…
From tie dye shirts to tissue paper art, we did a BUNCH of crafts during the pandemic to keep our hands (and our minds) busy. We shared these with you on our YouTube Channel and our social media pages. Here…
Medicine Hat Public Library is stepping up to help The Mustard Seed continue to provide a free income tax service for community members struggling with homelessness or poverty.A Super Tax Clinic will take place at the library on April 7 from 1-4 p.m. The Mustard Seed, through a partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, is able to file taxes for people year-round and periodically holds these Super Tax Clinics. Liz Ast, health & wellness supervisor at The Mustard Seed, says 11 people filed 67 years of taxes at the last clinic in January.“It’s a lovely…...read more
