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News Databases

Canadian Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Full-text database containing major daily Canadian newspapers including the Globe & Mail, the National Post, & the Vancouver Sun.
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CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index) This link opens in a new window
Coverage of a wide range of topics and issues related to Canada. This database includes full text for a number of Okanagan newspapers, such as the Kelowna Capital News, Salmon Arm Observer, Penticton Western News, and the Vernon Morning Star.
News in Review This link opens in a new window
Full access to 23 years of CBC News video and audio archives. Archive version is available here.
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (CBCA) This link opens in a new window
This database includes very few newspapers but does offer the transcripts of various television news programmes: CTV national news, W5, Question Period, Global News, and others.
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Canadian News Sources

Alberta Newspapers Collection (Alberta Heritage Digitization Project)
Currently this source features scanned issues for about 50 newspapers from various towns and cities. Some titles start as far back as 1885.
Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
This digitized collection includes many Quebec newspaper titles, both French and English.
Canada Gazette, 1841-1998
Often referred to as "the official newspaper of the Government of Canada”.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC Online
Canadian Newspapers Online
An index with links to newspaper and news sites from across Canada. Many local newspapers maintain websites from which you can access current stories only.
Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative: Newspapers (Newfoundland & Labrador)
Currently includes 10 newspapers, with scanned issues from the early 1900s.
Newspapers at Library and Archives Canada: Microform holdings
Library and Archives Canada holds back issues of many Canadian newspapers on microfilm and microfiche. These can be ordered from LAC by inter-library loan—ask an OC librarian for assistance.
Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers Online
Currently offers 24 scanned newspapers, covering 1791 to 1991 (30,000 pages!). The digitization project is ongoing.
Our Ontario Newspapers Index
Scanned copies of newspapers from around 30 Ontario regions and communities, some papers starting in the 1800s. Search by Keyword, Contributor, or Location.
Peel's Prairie Provinces (University of Alberta)
This online database of scanned resources related to the Canadian Prairie provinces contains the full text for over 100 newspaper issues from 1871 to 2013. Most of the newspapers covered are from Alberta, with some Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even British Columbia titles included.
Special Editions of Canadian Newspapers
For more than a century, newspapers have produced special colour supplements to mark important events. This site presents a selection of these special items from the collection of the National Library of Canada.

Canadian Newspapers

Business in Vancouver
Print in Kelowna. Library retains three years.
Calgary Herald
Microform: Kelowna Jan. 1977-Dec. 1978; Jan. 1981-Dec. 1982.
Online December 1988 - current (delayed 1 day).
Edmonton Journal
Online March 1989 - current (delayed 1 day).
Globe & Mail
Print: Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon. Two month retention of back issues (Kelowna).
Microform: Kelowna Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1978; Jan. 1981 - Dec. 1982.
Online November 1977 - current.
National Post
Microform: Kelowna Jan. 2, 2009- 2012 Mar. 31, 2012.
Online October 1998 - current (delayed 1 day).
Ottawa Citizen
Online September 1985 - current (delayed 1 day).
Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB)
Online January 1998 - December 2020.
Toronto Star
Online May 1985 - current.
The Vancouver Sun
Microform: Kelowna Jan. 1981 – Dec. 1999.
Online January 1987 - current (delayed 1 day).
Winnipeg Free Press
Online May 2006 - current (delayed 1 day).

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