Alberta Newspapers (National Institute)

Newspapers
Newspapers can be a very valuable source of information; from an overview of life in an ancestor’s community to an informative obituary on his/her life.

Alberta’s first newspaper, The Edmonton Bulletin, started publication in 1880; The Calgary Herald in 1883. The Calgary Tribune, 1883, becameThe Albertan in 1886. Local newspapers ran in small cities and towns but often intermittently.

The Legislative Library holds the most complete collection of Alberta newspapers; larger libraries and archives have large collections and local libraries and smaller archives may carry microfilm or original copies of local newspapers.

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