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28
Heartfulness Meditation
10:00am — 12:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
29
Cowichan Tech Help
10:00am — 6:00pm
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
30
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Conversational Scottish Gaelic
4:30pm — 5:30pm
31
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
1
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Table Top Games
4:00pm — 7:00pm
Table Top Games
4:00pm — 7:00pm
Intermediate Conversational Spanish
5:30pm — 6:30pm
2
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Board Game Saturday @ Parksville Library
10:00am — 5:00pm
Port Hardy Writers Group
10:00am — 11:30am
Death Cafe
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Spanish Conversation
3:30pm — 4:30pm
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Heartfulness Meditation
10:00am — 12:00pm
Sunday Board Game Group
2:00pm — 6:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
5
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
6
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tea With a Death Doula
10:00am — 12:00pm
Seniors’ Chair Exercises – Beginners
10:15am — 11:15am
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Book a Librarian – Cumberland
10:00am — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Meet the Presenters (Sooke Region Lifelong Learning)
1:30pm — 3:00pm
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Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Open Mic
12:30pm — 2:00pm
10
Saturday Crafternoons
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
Writers’ Drop-in with Kelsey Andrews **CANCELLED**
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Nanaimo Pen Club
2:30pm — 4:30pm
11
Heartfulness Meditation
10:00am — 12:00pm
New Year’s Intentions Crafting Session
10:30am — 12:30pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
12
How Can We Help? Local Support for Seniors & Adults with Disability
10:00am — 11:30am
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Scrabble Drop-in
1:30pm — 3:30pm
13
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Diverse Orca Eco-types of the Vancouver Island Coast (Sooke Region Lifelong Learning)
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Tech Help
3:00pm — 6:00pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Book a Librarian – Cumberland
10:00am — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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15
Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
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16
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Wildlife Presentation
1:00pm — 3:30pm
17
Reader’s Choice: A Different Kind of Book Club
10:00am — 11:30am
Papier Mache Craft
10:30am — 12:30pm
Saturday Crafternoons
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
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18
Heartfulness Meditation
10:00am — 12:00pm
Sunday Board Game Group
2:00pm — 6:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
19
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
20
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Anne Bronte: The Buried Sister (Sooke Region Lifelong Learning)
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Scientist-in-Residence: Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition 2025
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Book a Librarian – Cumberland
10:00am — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
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23
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
24
Tech Help
12:00pm — 2:00pm
Saturday Crafternoons
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Splash of Colour! Alcohol Ink for Beginners
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
25
Heartfulness Meditation
10:00am — 12:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
26
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Scrabble Drop-in
1:30pm — 3:30pm
27
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Ahoy, Sooke Sailors! (Sooke Region Lifelong Learning)
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Tech Help
3:00pm — 6:00pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Book a Librarian – Cumberland
10:00am — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tea Thursday
All day
Outdoor StoryWalk at Pineridge Park – Family Literacy Week 2026
9:00am — 12:00pm
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
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30
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Open Mic
12:30pm — 2:00pm
Author Reading with Heather Ramsay
4:00pm — 5:00pm
31
Tech Help
12:30pm — 1:30pm
Saturday Crafternoons
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm