Library workers protested budget cuts last week Wednesday at several public library locations, including Corner Brook. Newfoundland and Labrador's education minister says he has requested a suspension of the decision to restructure the public library system. Fogo Island protest3:39Walbourne said Fogo Islanders have rallied around the library issue. He said an assessment of the library system should have been done before any "scandalously bad decisions" about closures. Edmund Walbourne says government is finally listening to the people by suspending the proposed library closures.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2016 15:30 UTC