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Published:
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 2:15pm
Bookmobile Service Update
Due to the Touch-A-Truck event being cancelled, Bookmobile will be visiting its regularly scheduled Saturday sites instead (Stoney Creek Arena, Riverdale, and Discovery Centre). www.hpl.ca/bookmobile
Published:
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 2:30pm
Central Library - Fax Machine Out of Order
Please note that the fax machine is currently out of order. The estimated time of repair is unknown. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 12:00pm
Turner Park - Study Hall Cancellation
Study Hall on Thursday, May 21, is cancelled due to plumbing maintenance. Study Hall will resume on Monday, May 25. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 12:00pm
Staff Professional Development Day - All Branches Closed
All HPL Branches are closed on Friday May 29, for Staff Professional Development. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access service is not available. Regular service hours resume on Saturday May 30.
Visit our Virtual Branch at hpl.ca for our online resources and collections.
Published:
Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 12:00pm
Central Library: Children's Area Renovation on 2nd Floor
Renovations are currently underway for the 2nd Floor Central Children's Area. Programs are still being offered as scheduled and there is a temporary pop-up Children’s Area on the northeast side of the 2nd Floor (near the Piano Room), including access to collections and train tables. Construction is expected to be completed by late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Monday, March 23, 2026 - 9:00am
Sherwood Branch: Renovations
As of Monday, March 2, Sherwood Branch's 2nd Floor is closed due to renovations. Makerspace, Children and Teen's collection are temporarily available on the 1st Floor. All programs will be held in the basement program room. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
In Memory of Donations
Weaver, Agnes Elizabeth
- donated by Diane Kulikowski, 2012
Walker, Ann-Marie
- donated by Gary and Audrey Knox, 2011
Wallace, James
- donated by Jim and Sylvia Reiser, 2011
Wannamaker, James Jesse
- donated by Audrey Knox, 2011
Whitwell, Kenneth Clare
- donated by Jim and Sylvia Reiser, 2011
Waller, Dulce
- donated by Patricia Sheehan (nee Clark), 2009
Wark, Sarah Clare Vallbacka
- donated by Lauren Blankstein, 2009
Waters, Helen
- donated by Westdale Tuesday Book Club, 2009
- donated by Jean Wise, 2009
Weisz, Mischa
- donated by Jim & Sylvia Reiser, 2009
Wigle, Fritz
- donated by Marion Head, 2009
- donated by Anne H. Jones, 2009
- donated by Anne and Ted Farley, 2008
- donated by Brian Gage, 2008
- donated by Janet Horsnell, 2008
- donated by Doreen McKerracher, 2008
- donated by Stuart Mussells and Margot Daward, 2008
- donated by Joseph and Kathryn Patchett, 2008
- donated by Barbara Wilson, 2008
Waller, Dulce Elizabeth
- donated by Russ and Kathy Brown, 2008
- donated by David, Helen, and Margaret Holgate, 2008
- donated by the Maloch Family, 2008
- donated by Stephan and Justyna Nalezny, 2008
- donated by Robert T. Waller, 2008
Wigle, Francis E
- donated by Danielle Blanco and Patrick Herold, 2008
- donated by Bill and Ruth Bourque, 2008
- donated by Earlene and Lewis Clough, 2008
- donated by Coleford Investment Management Ltd., 2008
- donated by Joyce Fearnside, 2008
- donated by Fellow Board Members of the A.W.W.C.A., 2008
- donated by Alison Gibson, 2008
- donated by Alice Goldberg and Mary Goldberg, 2008
- donated by Marion J. Harrison, 2008
- donated by Anne, Rory and Elizabeth Jones, 2008
- donated by Mr. & Mrs. Mel Lawson, 2008
- donated by Colin S. Lazier, 2008
- donated by E. Shirley Macnamara, 2008
- donated by Mary and Doug McCallum, 2008
- donated by Joan E. McConnell, 2008
- donated by Edward J. Walzak, 2008
- donated by W.H. Watson Family, 2008
- donated by Seymour and Noreen Wigle, 2008
- donated by Murray and Effie York, 2008
Wingfield, Reginal Thomas
- donated by Jim and Sylvia Reiser, 2008
Wright, Mildred Viola
- donated by Jim and Sylvia Reiser, 2008
Wait, Wesley
- donated by Locke Street BIA, 2007
Wallace, Ted
- donated by Ted and Shirley Hmiel, 2007
Walker, Elizabeth (Betty)
- donated by Garry & Audrey Knox, 2016
