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Regina PL board approves closures; Friends vow to continue fight.(News Fronts)

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The Regina (Saskatchewan) Public Library board voted 6-2 March 30 not to request a mill-rate tax increase for its 2004 budget, thus forcing three branches, its Dunlop Art Gallery, and the Prairie History Room to close by May 1 as scheduled, the Regina Leader-Post reported April 1 (AL, Jan., p. 24-26). Library Director Sandy Cameron told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation March 31 that the board was simply following the recommendations made by an independent task force appointed to review the library's plan.

However, after the library's Friends group presented some alternative ideas, the city council agreed to postpone approving the board's proposed budget, CBC News reported …

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