June 21, 2005 HOT TOPICS NEWS & INFORMATION: TOOLS FOR: RESOURCES:  >  >  > Attention News Editors: Ontario Library Services North shuts down Thunder Bay office - library services diminished THUNDER BAY, June 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Every part of the province will continue to benefit from Ontario library services, but residents across the north, from Kenora to Thunder Bay are now out of luck because Ontario Library Services North shut its Thunder Bay office yesterday. Ontario Library Services North and Ontario Library Services South are transfer agencies funded by the province's Ministry of Culture. They have been helping libraries provide programmes, training, and education since the 1980s. "We have 135 libraries in the north, 35 of which serve First Nations communities, and many of them will no longer get the same level of service as the rest

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