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Canadians reading 3.4 million books a week

February 17th 2012

Qualicum Beach
More than 3.4 million books are bought at book stores or borrowed from libraries during a typical January week in Canada, the second annual National Book Count found.

Canada Reads 2012 Winner

February 13th 2012

   Congratulations to Canada Reads author, Carmen Aguirre!

Free downloadable music @ the library

February 1st 2012

Attention Music Buffs You can now download music – absolutely free!

Kobo eReaders Available

January 31st 2012

Beginning August 15th, 2011 you can borrow Kobo eReaders at Vancouver Island Regional Library.

Canada Reads 2012

January 30th 2012

Parksville, Cowichan Lake, Comox, Port Hardy, Cortes Island, Bella Coola, Bowser, Campbell River, Chemainus, Courtenay , Cowichan, Cumberland, Gabriola Island, Gold River, Hornby Island, Ladysmith, Masset, Nanaimo Harbourfront, Nanaimo Wellington, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Clements, Port McNeill, Port Renfrew, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Queen Charlotte, Sandspit, Sayward, Sidney / North Saanich, Sointula, Sooke, South Cowichan, Tahsis, Tofino, Ucluelet, Union Bay, Woss, Books By Mail, Nanaimo North
The CBC has released the list of the top 10 choices for the 2012 edition of Canada Reads, their annual battle of the books.

Parksville Teens place 2nd in Video Contest

January 26th 2012

Parksville
Congratulations to Samantha McLean for taking 2nd place in the Teen Video Contest.

Qualicum Beach Asian Collection

January 21st 2012

Qualicum Beach
Qualicum Beach Library Branch offers a unique Asian library collection for the use of all Vancouver Island Regional Library customers.

B.C. Women's Institute, Cobble Hill Chapter - Donates record of group's history

January 12th 2012

South Cowichan
The Cobble Hill chapter of the BC Women's Institute has donated a copy of the book that records the organizations' history.  100 Years of B.C.

BC Assessments now available

January 6th 2012

BC Property Assessments are now available online from the BC Assessment website.  The BCA website features access to their public

Local Author wins the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature

November 25th 2011

The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the winners of six literary prizes and presented more than $100,000 to the authors at the 11th annual Writers' Trust Awards, one of the richest lit

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