Newspapers

Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

Canadian NewsStand - Newspaper and magazine articles (for the last 10 to 20 years). Includes the Times-Colonist and Vancouver Island's Black Press newspapers.

CBCA Reference & Current Events - Canadian coverage of politics, business, the arts, sports, and other news from newspapers, magazines, television and radio transcripts. Subjects include opinions, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns and more.

Library PressDisplay (Digital Editions) - Newspapers from 55 countries in 33 languages. Full-colour images of every page - just like the print version. Includes at least 30 days of back issues. Listen to articles, magnify print size, download and save. [Tutorials]

Open Resources (no logon required)

British Colonist Digital Database - The British Colonist digitization project is a gift from the Times Colonist newspaper, the University of Victoria Libraries, and a consortium of British Columbia libraries to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the British Colonist newspaper. Every page of every issue, from the first one on December 11, 1858 until the end of June, 1910, a total of 100,554 pages, have been scanned and made searchable.

British Columbia Historical Newspapers - The BC Historical Newspapers project, through University of British Columbia Libraries, features digitized versions of 24 historical papers from around the province. The titles, which range from the Abbotsford Post to the Phoenix Pioneer, date from 1865 to 1924.

OnlineNewspapers.com - Thousands of world newspapers online.