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House of Bills: November 2-5, 2026

Happy Monday, Know How readers. Click through to read about what went down, Bill-wise, in the Legislative Assembly’s first full week back to work this fall.

House of Bills: October 27-29, 2026

And they’re off! After a 5 month break, the Legislative Assembly resumed the 1st Session of the 44th Parliament of Ontario last Tuesday. Click through to see what went down in the first week back after “summer”.

The Librarian that Never Left: The Haunting of the Great Library

We’ve spoken at length in the past about the Great Library ghost that former Head Librarian George Johnston reportedly saw in the 1960s. In this blog post, I would like to speculate that the studious ghost may in fact be Hugh Nelson Gwynne, Head Librarian of the Great Library from August 1842 to December 1872. During his tenure as Head Librarian, he also acted as the Secretary and Sub-Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada (now Ontario).