YOUth
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YOUth Rec Room - Thursdays 5 - 7:30pm @ Mary JL Black
Join us in the Rec Room! Dive into art, anime, and fun activities in a welcoming and inclusive space for grades 7-12.
Come Play Together!
Storytimes, songs, crafts, and open play at your Library, all winter long. Always free. Always fun.
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book lists
2025 YA Favourites
Check out one of these best of the year and best-selling young adult books and then visit us in-branch to browse the rest of the collection.
Family Christmas Movie Night
Get in the holiday spirit with this great list of Christmas movies, perfect for the whole family!
Heavy Hitter Games
Pull up a chair and stay a while. These board games are big on strategy and require a time commitment.
Best Solo-Friendly Games
Sick of solitaire? Try out one of these great games, which all offer a single-player mode.
2025 YA Favourites
Check out one of these best of the year and best-selling young adult books and then visit us in-branch to browse the rest of the collection.
Family Christmas Movie Night
Get in the holiday spirit with this great list of Christmas movies, perfect for the whole family!
Heavy Hitter Games
Pull up a chair and stay a while. These board games are big on strategy and require a time commitment.
Best Solo-Friendly Games
Sick of solitaire? Try out one of these great games, which all offer a single-player mode.
Volunteer opportunities
YOUth Action Council (YAC)
Have your voice heard and help the library buy books and influence library programs for teens with the YOUth Action Council.
Page Turners
Support literacy and earn volunteer hours this fall with our reading practice program for kids.
Registration opens August 25. Visit here for more information about the program!
YOUth reviews
Homework Help
Gale Literature Criticism
An integrated research experience that brings together Gale's premier literary databases.
Literary Reference Center Plus
A full-text literary database providing a complete collection of reference works across all genres and time periods.
Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History
A virtual gallery of historic photographs, books, & drawings and so much more. Your portal to our region's history.
Gale eBooks
An award-winning, hassle-free eBook experience — that includes Business Plans Handbooks which provides real examples of business plans.
Gale Literature Criticism
An integrated research experience that brings together Gale's premier literary databases.
Literary Reference Center Plus
A full-text literary database providing a complete collection of reference works across all genres and time periods.
Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History
A virtual gallery of historic photographs, books, & drawings and so much more. Your portal to our region's history.
Gale eBooks
An award-winning, hassle-free eBook experience — that includes Business Plans Handbooks which provides real examples of business plans.
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