The Manitoba government is closing the book on a resource that supplied teachers with textbooks. Friday was the last day for educators to buy materials not in stock from the Manitoba Learning Resource Centre, formerly known as the Manitoba Textbook Bureau, which closes at the end of June after a decades-long run. Manitoba is currently the last province with a textbook bureau," a provincial spokesperson said in a Feb. 4 email, in response to questions about the closure. The Manitoba Teachers' Society said its members were caught off guard by the centre's closure, and were only told about it last week, president James Bedford said. Teachers protested the pending closure of the Curriculum Support Centre on Portage Avenue in March 2019.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 15:26 UTC