With the advent of spring, a novel initiative is budding in Quebec, combining the charm of a library with the allure of nature. The Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) are giving you the chance to "borrow" a national park.
A library card can get you a free escape to nearly a dozen provincial parks in Quebec. The Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)and Sepaq launched the Borrow a National Park pilot project on Tuesday, offering up 50 passes for daily access to 11 parks.
A library fully dedicated to literature in Ukrainian will open on April 30 in Outremont. The community is eager to borrow their first books and reconnect to their culture again.
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Board game bars no longer have a monopoly on game night, since Montreal's BANQ has added over 200 boxed games to its already sizeable catalog. Library card holders can now rent up to three board games at a time for free from the Grande Bibliothèque. That means you don't have to pay a cover charge to battle it out with your date or group of friends, and you can try some pricey recent releases before deciding whether to buy them no roll of the dice required.