Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton January 22, 2026.
The temperature is expected to plummet below minus 15 Celsius. For warm place hours visit hpl.ca/hours.
For a list of shelters and health information visit www.hamilton.ca/cold.
Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 5:00pm
Parkdale Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Parkdale Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:30pm
Microsoft Service Outage affecting email delivery
Microsoft is currently experiencing an outage in the Office 365 services. This is causing some emails from @hpl.ca addresses to fail to be delivered. We appologize for the inconvenience.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:30pm
Locke Branch - Filming Nearby
Filming will take place at 86 Homewood Avenue from January 28-30, 7 am-11 pm. Production vehicles and equipment will be located on the north side of Stanley Avenue between Locke Street South and Kent Street. This will impact the availability of side-street parking. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:00pm
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
The Rockton Bookmobile visit (10:30-11:30am) today, Thursday, January 22 is cancelled. Service is expected to resume next week.
Published:
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 9:00am
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused
Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused.
Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Daily Hours Update
Starting Monday, February 2, Central Library's daily hours will move back to a 9 am opening instead of 8 am, Monday through Saturday. Please make note of this new service change for your next visit. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library – Digital Microfilm Machines
The digital microfilm machines at Central Library are not working. A single analog machine is available in the Local History and Archives Reading Room. This reader does not support printing. We apologize for the inconvenience and aim to have the digital devices repaired as soon as possible.
Published:
Monday, January 19, 2026 - 1:45pm
Online Resources - Update
The following eResources have been recently discontinued in our HPL collections: Novelist, Summa, Summa Kids, and Northstar Digital Literacy. Please visit www.hpl.ca/articles/read-watch-listen for our full listing of online resources for your next read, watch, listen and/or learn.
Published:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 11:00am
Printing Updates
Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies.
Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
Murder Victims
Heslop, John
- Born circa 1811, Died 1891
Harrison, May
- Born circa 1893, Died 1969
Hobbs, Denise
- Born circa 1954, Died 1975
Horncastle, Carol
- Born circa 1949, Died 1976
Hannon, Patrick Joseph
- Born circa 1928, Died 1977
Hill, Barry Arthur
- Born circa 1963, Died 1979
Hodder, Lawrence "Larry"
- Born circa 1961, Died 1979
Hodgin, Peter George
- Born circa 1941, Died 1981
Homewood, Frank Joseph
- Born circa 1928, Died 1982
Hawley, Stewart
- Born circa 1979, Died 1983
Hill, Glenn
- Born circa 1932, Died 1983
Hazzard, Dianne
- Born circa 1944, DIed 1984
Halachan, John
- Born circa 1939, Died 1985
Haralampides, Nicolas (Nick)
- Born circa 1966, Died 1985
Hill, Michele
- Born circa 1968, Died 1985
Hatt, Carol
- Born circa 1962, Died 1986
Hornbeck, Susan Joy
- Born circa 1956, Died 1986
Hirji, Nasir
- Born circa 1959, Died 1988
Hurley, Patrick
- Born circa 1954, Died 1988
Hutchings, Ralston (Ross)
- Born circa 1933, Died 1990
Hachey, Willard
- Born circa 1954, Died 1991
Hofmann, Gert
- Born circa 1956, Died 1991
Heimbecker, Joan
- Born circa 1969, Died 1994
Hiscock, Wray Alexander
- Born circa 1964, Died 1994
Heagle, David
- Born circa 1971, Died 1995
Henderson, Robert
- Born circa 1969, Died 1999
Hill, Gary
- Born circa 1941, Died 1999
Henrickson, William
- Born circa 1931, Died 2000
Hummel, Monika
- Born circa 1969, Died 2005
Haggerty, Paul
- Born circa 1988, Died 2007
Hutt, Ingrid
- Born circa 1948, Died 2009
