A handful of Regina Public Library branches reopened amid the novel coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, with all locations set to open July 13.

The southeast Calgary community of Chaparral is pretty proud of its latest addition. One of the original residents in the neighbourhood has replaced his original little library with something much more impressive.

Literature lovers who have been missing the quiet aisles of the Saskatoon Public Library can soon get a contactless compromise.

Edmonton-raised Andrew David MacDonald's When We Were Vikings, published by Simon & Schuster, is one of six novels in the running for the $60,000 honour.

Heidi Jacobs is this year's winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for her Edmonton-set anti-romance, ``Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear.''

These locations include the Central Library, George Bothwell Branch at Southland Mall, Sunrise Branch and Sherwood Village Branch.

About a week after Phase 1 of Alberta's relaunch strategy was officially implemented in most of the province, Lethbridge storeowners are talking about what it's like trying to earn a living during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some Regina authors bought their books back at an auction on Wednesday following the closure of Coteau Books in February.

The school board also deemed 'Catch 22,' 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' Invisible Man' and 'The Things They Carried' to be potentially harmful.

"Sometimes I look around and say, 'How did I get all these books?'" said Joshua Goldhar, laughing.