During a Governance Committee meeting, Mayor Charlie Clark noted that the renewed Halifax library has had a transformative effect on its downtown.
The CEO of the Saskatoon Public Library says they have looked to Halifax as they work on plans for possibly a new, expanded main library with a greater variety of programs and services.
It would either be a renovation of the building they are in now if it’s feasible or in a different downtown location.
Carol Cooley reported to the Committee that the priorities include a welcoming and accessible hub with flexible spaces, a place for learning and innovation and a large collection of diverse material.
From their public engagement, 67 per cent of survey respondents were supportive of a new central library, 23 per cent unsure and 10 per cent against.
There will be more public engagement this fall and then Cooley expects they will be able to present a business case to City Council next spring.
Library CEO Reports On Possible New Central Library
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The Candian government wants the country’s banks to identify, in customers’ bank statements when they receive the carbon rebate, that it is labelled as such.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the lack of a clear identifier is contributing to confusion about carbon price rebates, so he is going to change the law if he has to in order to force the big banks to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits.
The first rebate deposits in 2022 were labelled very generically, which meant recipients had no idea why they were getting the money.
T-D and B-MO have adopted the government’s requested “CdaCarbonRebate” entry, R-B-C and Scotiabank say they couldn’t make the change in time for the rollout, and C-I-B-C is still calling it “Deposit Canada.”