ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesDisability LifeGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaFree book program aims to open doors to lifelong literacy3 hours agoDuration 3:383 hours agoNewsDuration 3:38Students at Norquay School in Winnipeg are about to receive books to take home for free from Share the Magic, a Manitoba-based charity that works to provide books in communities around the province. So far, close to 800,000 books have been given out through its partner organizations.Related Stories Books and Backroads returns for its third year New children’s book by Guelph author tackles ‘profound, pronounced disadvantage’ poverty brings Jay Baruchel, Anna Lambe, Andrew Phung and more take part in CBC Kids’ annual literature celebration Antennas pop up on rooftops to bring free internet to Winnipeg’s North End Shopping the ‘vicious compliance section’: Stores see sales spike after Alberta book banMore from NewsVideo2:02Hogan promises more electricity — and seniors’ housing — in Labrador West1 hour agoVideo1:51The NDP had a woman at a housing campaign event share her experience. It didn’t go as planned1 hour agoVideo1:59Is this the year the Saskatoon Blades finally reach the top of the mountain?3 hours agoVideo0:51Riley Laychuk’s Manitoba forecast for Thursday, Sept. 18, 20253 hours agoVideo3:10Stories from Sandwich: Sandwich residents say air pollution is a major concern in an area surrounded by industryCBC News Windsor 3 hours agoTrending NowVideo0:21Dramatic shoreline collapse sends truck and driver into Nitinaht LakeSeptember 16Video4:23Beloved Canadian writer Robert Munsch has chosen a medically assisted death | Hanomansing TonightHanomansing Tonight September 16Video0:53Poilievre calls for temporary foreign worker program to be scrappedPolitics News September 3Video1:17Trump greeted by members of the Royal Family at Windsor CastleSeptember 17Video2:26Court documents shed new light on case of missing N.S. childrenCBC News Nova Scotia August 22
Free book program aims to open doors to lifelong literacy
