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Aboriginal News Sources
An index to a variety of First Nations news sources, both online and print. Produced by the First Nations Information Project.
BC Raven's Eye
A comprehensive site that offers not only current news but also a searchable archive with 24,000 articles published since 1983.
British Columbia Historical Newspapers (University of British Columbia)
Provides scanned full text for 35 local newspapers from cities and towns throughout the province, covering (for some titles) 1865 to 1989. Includes the Kelowna Record (1912-1920) and the Orchard City Record (1908-1911).
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Search key terms and choose a date range for your topic to search across various titles. Or, if you are looking for a specific newspaper, scroll down and select one of the 94 titles available.
CBC News: Indigenous
The CBC website includes this section for First Nations news. Good for photos and videos as well as written news.
CPI.Q
Coverage of a wide range of topics and issues related to Canada, including current events, health, technology, the arts, history, culture and business.
Eagle Feather News
Serving Saskatchewan's First Nations and Metis populations. The archive has issues back to January 2007. Both browsing by issue and keyword search are possible.
First Nations Drum
"Canada's largest First Nations newspaper." The site's archives has issues back to December 1998. Frequency has varied.
Ha-Shilth-Sa
"Canada's oldest First Nations newspaper." The website has a searchable archives with articles from 2005 onwards.
IndigiNews (BC)
IndigiNews was created through a partnership between Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and The Discourse. Goals: to provide journalism that serves and is driven by what local communities say they want; and to experiment with new business models for digital local news that contribute to the long-term sustainability of independent Indigenous news in Canada.
Newspapers at Library and Archives Canada: Aboriginal Newspapers
This is a list of the First Nations newspapers held in the collections of the Library & Archives Canada. There are no links to online news pages, but you can use the list to seek these yourself.
Nunatsiaq Online
Nunavut's territorial newspaper. Current news.
Raven's Eye in CPI.Q
Online July 2004 to August 2006.
Windspeaker in CBCA and CPI.Q
Online January 1993 to January 2017.

Kahtou (Sechelt, B.C.)
Print: Storage.
Kelowna Capital News
Library retains past issues.
Kelowna Daily Courier
Kelowna Microform Collection: 1978-1998; 2002-2012
Kelowna Periodicals Collection: Current month + previous 3 months
The Native Voice
Print: Storage.
Raven's Eye: the Aboriginal newspaper of British Columbia.
Print: Storage.
Secwepemc News
Print: Salmon Arm
Windspeaker
Print: Storage.

Specific Newspapers

Kelowna Capital News
Online February 2008 - current.
Microfilm Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 13, 1930) - 2005
Serving "Kelowna, Rutland, East Kelowna, Ellison, Glenmore, Okanagan Mission, Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Westbank, Trepanier, Peachland".
Salmon Arm Observer
Online February 2008 - current.
Microform: Salmon Arm 1907-2002
The Morning Star (Vernon, B.C.)
Online February 2008 - current.
Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC)
Online January 1993 - current (delayed 1 day).
Vancouver Sun
Online January 1987 - current (delayed 1 day).
Victoria News
Online February 2008 - current.
Penticton Western News (Penticton, British Columbia)
Online February 2008 - current.
Daily Colonist (Victoria, BC)
Title change history: British Colonist > Daily British Colonist > Daily Colonist (Victoria, BC)
Microform: Kelowna Storage December 11, 1858 - July 28, 1860; July 31, 1860 - December 31, 1886; 1887 - 1910
Online 1858 - 1920 (scanned from microform).

Print Newspapers

Daily Courier (Kelowna)
Microform: Kelowna 1978 - 1998; 2002 - 2012

The Inland Sentinel (Kamloops)
Microform: Kelowna May 29, 1880 - December 30, 1898.

Kelowna Daily Courier
Historical name changes: Kelowna Clarion and Okanagan Advocate > Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist > Kelowna Courier > Daily Courier (Kelowna)
Microform: Kelowna July 28, 1904 - November 30, 1905; January 1906 - August 1935; 1935 - 1957; 1957 - 1965; 1965 - 1978

Okanagan Sunday
Microform: Kelowna 1990 - 1994; 2001 (May-June)

Penticton Herald
Microform: Penticton 1910 - 1913; 1915 - 1959; 1972 - 1998

Penticton Press (previous to Penticton Herald)
Microform: Penticton September 1, 1906 - June 4, 1910

Vernon Daily News
Historical name changes: Vernon News > Vernon Daily News
Microform: Vernon May 1, 1891 - July 26, 1973; July 30, 1973 - December 1989