Why does Canada suck at telling its own stories

[FSTO]

Or perhaps a marketplace with 10x the population offers more opportunities.

I'm well aware of that. But how quick we are to dismiss any purely Canadian cultural enterprise is depressing.

 

[foresterab]

If Canadians want to know about their military history, they can visit their local library.

Mine has over 1,700 books devoted to : "Canadian Military History".

I wish...my small town has less than 30. But that's actually about triple what any other section has and some are newer books so it's not all a lost cause.

 

[mariomike]

I wish...my small town has less than 30. But that's actually about triple what any other section has and some are newer books so it's not all a lost cause.

Ontario has Interlibrary loan (ILL).

It's free with your local library card.

My branch is one of the smallest in Ontario. Certainly, smallest in our town. But , I borrow hard to find ILL books from across the Province.

From what I understand, Alberta ( and perhaps other provinces ) also has ILL .

 

[foresterab]

Ontario has Interlibrary loan (ILL).

It's free with your local library card.

My branch is one of the smallest in Ontario. Certainly, smallest in our town. But , I borrow hard to find ILL books from across the Province.

From what I understand, Alberta ( and perhaps other provinces ) also has ILL .

Definitely have the inter-library loan option. And I'm actually quite happy with the local library as it's heavily geared towards children and gets a ton of use. But history and reference books unfortunately seem to be getting downsized everywhere due to availability of internet searches.

Just doesn't replace the feeling of a good cup of coffee and a book.

 

[mariomike]

Just doesn't replace the feeling of a good cup of coffee and a book.

Coffee yes.

Thing about library books is , you never know where they have been .