February 19th is the inaugural I Read Canadian Day! It celebrates the richness and diversity of Canadian literature.
Children's author, Eric Walters brought this day to life by collaborating…
We don’t stick a 14-year-old in the car and let them drive off when their birthday arrives – so why do we do the equivalent when it comes to dating and relationships?
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and the Medicine Hat Women’s…
When we have a question these days, our automatic response is to search Google for an answer. But what do you do when you can’t find an answer through Google? If you’re like me, I have given up on many queries because, honestly, if Google doesn’t know the answer who would? And looking any further outside of Google is…
Why is too much screen time bad?
Every day, I look at a screen. Whether it’s my laptop, my computer at work, my phone, or watching Netflix I almost never go through the day without looking at a screen. Screens have become part of our daily lives. I think most of us already know that staring…
Today is the 103rd Anniversary of our library!
On our 100th Anniversary, Mayor Clugston signed a proclamation marking November 21st as “MHPL Day.” We’ve celebrated this day in different ways for the past 3 years – in 2015 we had a big party;…
Medicine Hat Public Library is just days away from opening its new “micro” library at Big Marble Go Centre.The small, permanent library in the lobby of Medicine Hat’s premier recreation centre will improve convenience for current library patrons and potentially generate new patrons as we expand our services to meet community members where they already are. "We want it to be easy and convenient to use the library and we want to attract new users who aren't in the habit of visiting the library. This new location will allow us to achieve both these goals,”…...read more
