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More newspaper back issues are being placed on the Internet every year. They can help a genealogist in many ways – by providing information on births, deaths and marriages, but noting store openings or major economic changes, or by reminding us whose pumpkins were the biggest back at the fall fair.

See also British Columbia links | British Columbia directories

General information

The Ancestor Hunt - British Columbia
Comprehensive site with extensive lists of newspapers.

The Google News Archive is one of the most extensive collections available, but it has serious flaws. Searching is almost impossible, so be prepared to browse. Date ranges are often inaccurate. Also, there are usually gaps.
Search Tips for Google News Archive -- By Kimberly Powell.
Newspapers on Google -- Search by keywords and by specifying the source.
Titles available on Google -- A tough-to-use list of the newspapers available.

Newspapers.com
Different selection of newspapers; many Canadian titles included.

Titles by location

(100 Mile House) 100 Mile House Free Press 1968–2009
From Newspapers.com

(Abbotsford) Abbotsford Post 1910-1924
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Abbotsford) Abbotsford News 1977-2008
From Newspapers.com

(Ainsworth) Hot Springs News 1891-1893
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Alberni) Alberni Advocate 1912-1915
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Alberni) Alberni Valley Times 1967-2007
From Newspapers.com

(Aldergrove) Aldergrove Star 1957-1991
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Anaconda) Anaconda News 1901-1905
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Ashcroft) The Journal 1983–1988
From Newspapers.com

(Ashcroft) Miscellaneous newspapers
From Thompson Nicola Regional Library

(Atlin) Atlin Claim 1899-1908
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Barkerville) Cariboo Sentinel 1865-1875
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Barriere) North Thompson Star/Journal 2000-2004
From Newspapers.com

(Bella Coola) Bella Coola Courier 1912-1917
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Burns Lake) Lake District News 1975–2010
From Newspapers.com

(Canterbury) The Outcrop 1900-1907
From Peel's Prairie Provinces

(Chilliwack) Chilliwack Progress 1891-2007
From Newspapers.com

(Clearwater) North Thompson Times 1999–2004
From Newspapers.com

(Coquitlam) Sunday News 1985-1988
From Newspapers.com

(Courtenay) Courtenay Free Press 1927-1931
From Newspapers.com

(Cowichan) Cowichan Leader 1905–1930
From Vancouver Island University

(Creston) Creston Review 1909-1935
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Cumberland) Cumberland News 1897-1915
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Duncan) The Citizen 1985–1996
From Newspapers.com

(Enderby) Enderby Press and Walker's Weekly 1908-1921
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Fernie) Ledge 1904-1905
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Fernie) The Fernie Free Press 1899-1947
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Fort Steele) Prospector 1899-1905
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Fort St. James) Caledonia Courier 1981-1982
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Fort St. James) The Caledonia Courier 1990–2008
From Newspapers.com

(Fraser Lake) Caledonia Courier 1981-1982
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Gibsons) Coast News 1945-1995
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Golden) Golden Star 1961-1980
From Newspapers.com

(Grand Forks) Grand Forks Sun 1914-1920
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Grand Forks) Grand Forks Sun 1914-1920
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Grand Forks) Grand Forks Gazette 1905-1970
From Newspapers.com

(Greenwood) Boundary Creek Times 1896-1911
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Greenwood) Ledge 1906-1929
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Hedley) Hedley Gazette 1905-1917
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Hope) Hope Standard 1968-2000
From Newspapers.com

(Houston) Houston Today 1969–2007
From Newspapers.com

(Kamloops) Miscellaneous newspapers
From Thompson Nicola Regional Library

(Kelowna) Orchard City Record 1908-1911
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Kelowna) Kelowna Record 1912-1920
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Kelowna) Kelowna Courier 1904-1972
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Kitimat) Northern Sentinel 1954–1973
From Newspapers.com

(Ladysmith) Daily Ledger 1904-1906
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Ladysmith) Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle 1957-1991
From Google Newspapers

(Langley) Langley Advance 1931-2009
From Newspapers.com

(Logan Lake) Three Rivers Report 1991–1992
From Newspapers.com

(Maple Ridge) Maple Ridge News 1985-1988
From Newspapers.com

(Maple Ridge) Tri-City News 1985-1988
From Newspapers.com

(Massett) Massett Leader 1912-1913
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Merritt) Nicola Valley News 1910-1916
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Merritt) Miscellaneous newspapers
From Thompson Nicola Regional Library

(Moyie) Moyie Leader 1898-1911
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Nakusp) Ledge 1894-1904
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Nanaimo) Nanaimo Free Press 1874–1930
From Vancouver Island University

(Nanaimo) Nanaimo Free Press / Nanaimo Daily News 1874–2009
From Newspapers.com

(Nanaimo) The Times 1973–1996
From Newspapers.com

(Nanaimo) Harbour City Star 1996–2009
From Newspapers.com

(Nelson) Tribune 1892-1903
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Nelson) Miner 1890-1898
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Nelson) Nelson Economist 1897-1906
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Nelson) The Kootenay Express 1988-2001
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Nelson) The Prospector 1937-1965 (Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson)
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(New Denver) Ledge 1894-1904
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(New Denver) The Valley Voice 1992-2005 (New Denver, Silverton, Slocan City, and the Slocan Valley)
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(New Westminster) British Columbian 1861-1869
From Google Newspapers

(New Westminster) Mainland Guardian 1865-1894
From Google Newspapers

(New Westminster) Daily British Columbian 1867-1869
From Google Newspapers

(New Westminster) The Sunday News 1989–1990
From Newspapers.com

(Penticton) Penticton Herald 1906-1959
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Phoenix) Phoenix Pioneer 1900-1916
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Port Hardy) North Island Gazette 1961-2006
From Google Newspapers

(Prince George) Prince George, British Columbia 1909-1961
Prince George Citizen and other titles.
From Prince George Public Library

(Prince George) Prince George Free Press 1995–2002
From Newspapers.com

(Prince Rupert) Prince Rupert Daily News 1911-1933
From Prince Rupert Public Library

(Quesnel) Cariboo Observer 1908-2017
From Quesnel Museum

(Quesnel) Quesnel Cariboo Observer 1908–2017
From Newspapers.com

(Revelstoke) Kootenay Mail 1894-1905
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Revelstoke) Revelstoke Herald 1897-1905
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Richmond) Richmond Review 1967–1968
From Newspapers.com

(Richmond) Richmond Review 1932–2008
From Newspapers.com

(Salmon Arm) Salmon Arm Observer 1976–2007
From Newspapers.com

(Salmon Arm) Shuswap Market News 2004–2007
From Newspapers.com

(Sandon) Mining Review 1897-1903
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Sechelt) Peninsula Times 1963-1979
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Sicamous) The Eagle Valley News 1979–2007
From Newspapers.com

(Smithers) The Interior News 1910–2007
From Newspapers.com

(Squamish) Squamish Times 1957–1975
From Newspapers.com

(Summerland) The Summerland Review 1946-1967
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Surrey) Surrey Leader 1929–2006
From Newspapers.com

(Terrace) Terrace Daily Herald 1967-2006
From Terrace Public Library

(Terrace) Terrace Standard 1988–2010
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) Vancouver Daily World 1888–1924
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) Vancouver Evening Sun 1924
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) The Vancouver Sun 1898–2019
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) The Sun 2018
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) The Province 1894-2019
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) Vancouver News-Herald 1933-1957
From Newspapers.com

(Vancouver) Independent 1900-1903
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Vancouver) Western Call 1910-1916
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Vancouver) Daily Building Record 1912-1914
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Vancouver) British Columbia Record 1916-1920
From British Columbia Historical Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Sun 1914-1986
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Sunday Sun 1921-1972
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) Vancouver Daily Sun 1917-1920
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Vancouver Sun 1920-1987
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Vancouver Sunday Sun 1923
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) Evening Sun 1924-1927
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Weekend Express 1978-1979
Strike newspaper.
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) Vancouver Express 1979
Strike newspaper.
From Google Newspapers

(Vancouver) The Weekend Sun 1980-1982
From Google Newspapers

(Vanderhoof) Vanderhoof Herald 1917-1920
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Vanderhoof) Nechako Chronicle 1920-1983
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Vanderhoof) Caledonia Courier 1981-1982
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Vanderhoof) Omineca Express 1990–2008
From Newspapers.com

(Vanderhoof) Omineca Express 1982-2007
From Vanderhoof Public Library

(Vernon) Vernon Daily News 1913-1949
From British Columbia Regional Digitized History

(Vernon) The Morning Star 1988–2008
From Newspapers.com

(Victoria) British Colonist 1858-1980
From British Colonist.ca

(Victoria) Victoria Daily Times 1884-1940
From the University of Victoria Libraries and the Times Colonist

(Victoria) Victoria Weekly Times 1893-1895
From Canadiana.ca

(Victoria) Victoria Daily Times 1884-1952
(Note: There are identification errors in entries about the Times and the Times Colonist.)
From Newspapers.com


(Victoria) Victoria Daily Times 1885-1980
(Note: There are identification errors in entries about the Times and the Times Colonist.)
From Newspapers.com


(Victoria) Times Colonist 1980-2014
(Note: There are identification errors in entries about the Times and the Times Colonist.)
From Newspapers.com


(Victoria) Victorian 1973-1974
From Newspapers.com

(Victoria) The Vancouver Times 1864-1866
From Google Newspapers

(Victoria) The Vancouver Daily Post 1865-1866
From Google Newspapers

(Victoria) The Daily British Colonist 1868-1871
From Google Newspapers

(Victoria) The Victoria Daily Standard 1870-1873
From Google Newspapers

(Victoria) The Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle 1870-1871
From Google Newspapers

(White Rock) White Rock Sun and Semiahmoo Sun, 1956-1966
From White Rock Museum and Archives

(Williams Lake) The Tribune 1983–2006
From Newspapers.com

British Columbia Historical Newspapers
A total of 168 newspapers covering a wide range of years.


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