$152,000 boost for local library

T.W. Buck tbuck@ahnfsj.ca

The Fort St John Public Library is amongst the 71 B.C. libraries that will be receiving a $45 million funding boost in the form of a one-time grant, according to a news release on March 24 from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs.

The funds are planned to be distributed amongst the

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Site C Reservoir filling: libraries between March 2023 to 2026, and will be used for a multitude of library operations, not only modernizing technology, but also enhancing programs and services as well as granting better access to information.

Matthew Rankin, director at the Fort St. John library, says the local library will be receiving $152,902.19 to be spent over the next three years.

“I feel extremely lucky and thankful that our library is being so strongly supported by FSJ, Area B, Area C, and the Province,” Rankin said.

Annually, the government provides $14 million to support B.C.’s public libraries in our province, so This funding boost, will give the libraries the means to address more local priorities.