Local Journalism Initiative
Sixty-four years ago on March 2nd, the Wakaw Branch of the North Central Saskatchewan Regional Library was opened to the public. Located on the lower floor of the nurses’ residence, the new library was met with much enthusiasm by school students who visited in the afternoon and by the adults who visited in the evening of opening day. The opening day recorded 226 of the nearly 1000 books that filled the shelves of the newly opened library, borrowed by patrons. Mr. A. Phaneuf served as librarian a