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Two Thunder Bay library branches to operate over holidays

Sam Goldstein December 23, 2025 4:00 pm

The Thunder Bay Public Library will be keeping the Waverly Library and Mary JL Black Library open for most of the winter holidays.

All of the city’s libraries will be closed for the statutory holidays on December 25 and 26, and January 1, and normal hours will resume on January 2.

The city’s libraries will all additionally be open for just a half day on Christmas Eve, running from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mary JL Black and Waverly Library will be open from December 27 to 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on Sunday, December 28, when they will only run from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

During the holidays, the two libraries will continue to run their free family programming, including the Discovery Club and Game On!

Sam Goldstein

Sam Goldstein is a 2025 graduate of the Seneca Polytechnic journalism program. Sam’s great passions are for history, politics, and food. Born and raised in Toronto, he works as a multimedia journalist in Thunder Bay. You can reach him at goldsteins@radioabl.ca.

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