Ottawa Public Library supports the community through pandemic

 The Ottawa Public Library’s (OPL) many services and its importance to the local community has never been higher since the onset of the coronavirus last year. The OPL has continued to adapt and serve families and other clients during the pandemic by reaching out to them using a combination of

The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association raise $410,000 for the Ottawa Public Library in 2019

 The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA) is pleased to announce that in 2019 they donated $410,000 to the Ottawa Public Library (OPL), which is their largest donation for the third year running. These funds enhance OPL’s offerings to the community and are used to purchase furniture, equipment,

Harea Band Wants You to Get Lit!

 Photos by Andre R. Gagne When he was a kid Alex Harea, frontman to Ottawa’s Harea Band, wasn’t much of a reader. Then his mother started bringing him to the Ottawa Public Library (OPL). It soon became one of his favourite places in the city to visit. Sure, books brought