WHAT'S HAPPENING

Check out the featured events happening across the Okanagan Regional Library system

For full event details and registration information, click or tap on an event below. 

View the full Events Calendar

View the full Events Calendar to see all events and to search by location for online or at home programs!  You can also find out about programs and events on your library branch’s webpage.

 

Participating in online programs

In June, we will be using Microsoft Teams for our online programs. Need help getting started?

 

Upcoming Events:

NEWS

  • Every Child Matters

    After the announcement of the tragic discovery of the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the former residential school in Kamloops, we wish to offer our sincere condolences to the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and to all local First Nations - and to everyone impacted by residential schools in Canada.
    June 10, 2021

  • VANTAGEONE CREDIT UNION SUPPORTS S.T.E.A.M. PROGRAMMING AT FOUR LOCAL LIBRARY BRANCHES

    VantageOne Credit Union’s generous $4,000 donation to Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) has helped strengthen community programming in the communities of Peachland, Vernon, Armstrong and Enderby, BC. The charitable gift will support ORL in two vital ways: Improving public access to digital learning and tools and fostering the development of S.T.E.A.M. programming at four of our smaller library branches.
    June 07, 2021

  • May 19 2021 ORL Board Meeting

    At the May 19th, 2021 Meeting of the Okanagan Regional Library Board of Trustees, the Board was presented with a financial "clean bill of health" from auditors BDO Canada for the 2020 fiscal year. The Library system strengthened its balance sheet in 2020 with an increase in financial assets and decreased the overall net debt. It also posted a surplus for the year, most of which will be transferred to the building reserve to help to finance new branches such as West Kelowna.
    May 21, 2021

  • Come to our Makerspaces and Get Inspired!

    Our newest Makerspace, the Inspiration Lab at the Vernon library branch, will be opening on June1! It is a free space dedicated to digital creativity, collaboration, and storytelling.
    May 17, 2021

  • 100 Books to Read Together Before Kindergarten

    Do you have little ones at home, not yet school-aged? Have you noticed how they are growing up so fast? Well, what better way to get them prepared for the big wide world ahead than by reading together. We have an exciting new list of 100 Books to Read Together Before Kindergarten.
    April 20, 2021

  • Winter Challenge Winners!

    The Kids, Teen, and Preschooler Winter Challenges are now completed! Thank-you to all who participated! Gift card winners have received their prizes.
    April 16, 2021
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