The Winona (11am-12pm) and Queen Victoira (3-4pm) Bookmobile stop on January 23 is cancelled. Apologies for this inconvenience.
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.
The accessible washroom at Parkdale Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Murder Victims
- Born circa 1839, Died 1899
- Died 1930
- Born 1907, DIed 1958
- Died 1962
- Died 1967
- Born circa 1965, Died 1967
- Born circa 1910, Died 1974
- Born circa 1906, Died 1974
- Born circa 1952, Died 1975
- Born circa 1957, Died 1977
- Born circa 1960, Died 1978
- Died 1979
- Born circa 1951, Died 1981
- Born circa 1956, Died 1982
- Born circa 1952, Died 1985
- Born circa 1945, Died 1985
- Born circa 1934, Died 1989
- Died 1996
- Born circa 1924, Died 1997
- Born circa 1980, Died 2002
- Born circa 1981, Died 2003
- Born circa 1977, Died 2003
- Born circa 1975, Died 2004
- Born circa 1972, Died 2008
- Born circa 1960, Died 2008
- Born circa 1990, Died 2011
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