British Columbia Newspapers

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Libraries and Archives
Major microfilm newspaper collections for British Columbia are at the sources listed below. Other larger public and academic libraries may hold significant collections. And many local British Columbia archives, libraries and museums have collections of local area newspapers.

Contact information for these sources is given in the British Columbia Archives and Libraries section of the wiki.


 * British Columbia Archives - British Columbia Community Newspapers on Microfilm at BC Archives This list does not include newspapers from the cities of Vancouver or Victoria.
 * Greater Victoria Public Library
 * New Westminster Public Library
 * Simon Fraser University W.A.C. Bennett Library
 * University of British Columbia Koerner Library
 * Vancouver Public Library

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds copies of microfilms of historical newspapers. See LAC's British Columbia list here.

Digital Issues Online
See the British Columbia Genealogical Society's BC Newspapers, Obituaries page for an up to date list of on-line historical newspapers from British Columbia.

Histories
A History of Weekly Newspapers of British Columbia by Irving and Frances Wilson (British Columbia Weekly Newspapers Association, [1971]).

Paper Trails: A History of British Columbia &amp; Yukon Community Newspapers by George Allan Affleck (Arch Communications / BC and Yukon Community Newspapers Association, 1999).

Making the News: A Times Colonist Look at 150 Years of History by Dave Obee (Times Colonist, 2008).