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• Apr. 17 Edmonton Journal — UCP government has no business running Alberta's public libraries
• Apr. 16 Taproot Edmonton — 'It is censorship,' EPL head says of proposed restrictions
• Apr. 16 CTV News — Age controls are already in place in public libraries
• Apr. 16 Rocky Mountain Outlook — 'We do see this as censorship': Bow Valley libraries push back on Bill 28
• Apr. 16 CTV News — Libraries are not 'dens' of smutty material: library director
• Apr. 16 CityNews — National libraries group urges Alberta to ditch 'political interference' in libraries
• Apr. 16 CTV News — Changes to the Libraries Act address a problem that doesn't exist, say critics
• Apr. 16 CTV News — Alberta libraries are supposed to be free of political influence: director
• Apr. 16 CBC — CBC Calgary Headline News April 16
• Apr. 16 CTV News — Public libraries don't have smut: library director
• Apr. 15 Taproot Edmonton — Concern over Bill 28's proposed changes to viability review
• Apr. 15 CTV News — New legislation causing ‘tremendous concern’ to Alberta libraries
• Apr. 15 The Albertan — Bill 28 'threatens' viability of library services across Alberta
• Apr. 15 Lethbridge News Now — Canadian Urban Libraries Council concerned over proposed Alberta government bill
• Apr. 15 RD News Now — Canadian Urban Libraries Council concerned over proposed Alberta government bill
• Apr. 14 The Albertan — Central Alberta library system official concerned with Bill 28
• Apr. 14 Lethbridge News Now — Chinook Arch Library Board responds to province’s Bill 28
• Apr. 14 Sylvan Lake News — Bill 28 a concern for the Sylvan Lake Municipal Library
• Apr. 13 CBC News — Alberta's access restrictions threaten privacy and democratic role of libraries, critics say
• Apr. 11 Calgary Herald — 'Serious privacy concerns' — Library leaders raise alarm over proposed gov't restrictions
• Apr. 11 Calgary Journal — Alberta's access restrictions threaten privacy, democratic role of libraries: Critics
• Apr. 11 Medicine Hat News — Government imposition on library content management takes choice from public, parents
• Apr. 10 CTV News — Public libraries against Alberta's plan to restrict books
• Apr. 10 Alberta Politics — Alberta libraries, staff, city councillors denounce Dan Williams’ book censorship scheme
• Apr. 10 CUPE — CUPE library workers call on Alberta Government to reconsider problematic legislation
• Apr. 10 Sherwood Park News — Survey finds Albertans trust libraries over province on book access
• Apr. 10 CochraneNow — Cochrane-area library system part of coalition raising Bill 28 concerns
• Apr. 10 Town and Country Today — Alberta's access restrictions threaten privacy, democratic role of libraries: critics
• Apr. 10 The Globe and Mail — Critics fear Alberta’s plan to curb access to graphic material threatens privacy of library users
• Apr. 10 Lethbridge News Now — Alberta’s proposed public library restrictions for children, drawing criticism
• Apr. 9 Edmonton Journal — Thursday's letters: Watching what kids read is parent's job, not UCP's
• Apr. 8 880 CHED — Radio segment
• Apr. 8 The Advocate — Barriers to books is ‘censorship’ says Library Association of Alberta about province’s plan
• Apr. 8 Alberta Politics — Dan Williams’ proposed book ban aims to gin up a moral panic ‘with no basis in reality’
• Apr. 8 St. Albert Gazette — St. Albert Public Library responds to proposed Libraries Act changes
• Apr. 7 CTV News — The internet is the problem, not library books: analyst
• Apr. 7 LiveWire Calgary — 'Micromanaging and meddling': Mayor Farkas questions province's new library restrictions
• Apr. 6 Edmonton Journal — Opinion: Bill 28 puts Alberta libraries at risk of censorship
• Apr. 5 Western Standard — UCP government pushes major municipal overhaul, bans vacancy taxes in Bill 28
• Apr. 4 Edmonton Journal — Saturday's letters: Bill 25 suppresses freedom to learn
• Apr. 3 CBC — Why the Alberta government is telling libraries to put some books out of sight
• Apr. 3 CBC News — Hanomansing Tonight April 03, 2026
• Apr. 3 Edmonton Journal — Bill 28: Alberta limits access to sexual content in public libraries
• Apr. 3 St. Albert Gazette — Premier and education minister met privately with groups behind push to ‘conservatize’ Alberta school boards, ban LGBTQ books
• Apr. 2 CBC Listen — Alberta wants new rules for public libraries
• Apr. 2 Global News — Alberta introduces bill to reduce child access to sex images in public libraries
• Apr. 2 CBC News — Alberta tables bill to reduce child access to sexually explicit images in public libraries
• Apr. 2 CTV News — Alberta bill aims to reduce youth access to sex images in libraries
• Apr. 2 CityNews — Alberta tables bill to reduce child access to sex images in public libraries
• Apr. 2 Lacombe Express — New Alberta legislation targets homebuilding, municipal conduct and library access
• Apr. 2 Business Wire — CUPE Alberta slams new library legislation as costly, unworkable, and politically motivated
• Apr. 2 CBC News — Proposed provincial changes that would affect Alberta municipalities spark concerns about autonomy
• Apr. 2 The Globe and Mail — Alberta to restrict public library access to books it deems sexually explicit
• Apr. 2 Radio-Canada — L’Alberta veut limiter les contenus « sexuellement explicites » dans les bibliothèques
• Apr. 2 Canadian Urban Libraries Council — Alberta Announces Concerning Changes to its Libraries Act with Bill 28
• Apr. 2 Library Association of Alberta — Library Workers Condemn Government Censorship
• Apr. 2 Edmonton Journal — Bill 28: Alberta limits access to sexual content in public libraries
• Apr. 2 Government of Alberta — More homes, clear rules, stronger accountability