Bookmobile may be coming back (15 council briefs)

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City council also agreed this week to push the province to allow prescribed municipal notices to be posted on digital news sites

Mayor Matthew Shoemaker awarded 2023 Medal of Merit awards to David Orazietti and Dr. Chelene Christine Hanes at a city council meeting on Tuesday night.

She specializes in drought estimation, fire probability and modeling potential forest fires within Canadian landscapes.It's been quite a few years since the Sault had a bookmobile to take library books to parts of the city without easy access to one of the city's two public libraries. With municipalities being asked to take on complex health and social challenges like homelessness, supporting asylum seekers and addressing the mental health and addictions crises, councillors agree the province needs to invest more in prosperity.

City officials have been looking at ways to better promote such events, but Ontario law stipulates prescribed public notices from municipalities must appear in printed newspapers.

 

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