The Antigonish Town and County Library in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, will stop opening on Sundays starting in April 2026. The Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library announced the change because of a lack of long-term funding from the provincial government.
This change affects residents who visit the building, often called “The People’s Place,” for weekend study, work, or community activities. The regional library system confirmed that the New Glasgow Public Library will also lose its Sunday hours at the same time.
Chief Librarian Eric Stackhouse explained that the decision comes after years of the same core funding from the province while costs like books and the minimum wage have gone up. For a while, the library used temporary emergency grants to keep things running, but that extra money has now run out.
The library board had warned for months that they would have to cut services if they did not get a stable funding increase. Without a new budget plan from the provincial government, the library had to make the choice to reduce its operating hours to stay within its budget.
