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Posted by Daniel on Feb 1, 2009

In colonial times, the British Colonist was British Columbia's most important newspaper. “In every thing that concerns British Columbia we shall take a deep and permanent interest,” declared its founder, the irrepressible Amor de Cosmos. (Come to think of it, that could be the motto of this blog.)

Published in Victoria, it is a remarkable historical document. Now over 100,000 pages of the paper -- from its first edition on December 11, 1858 to the end of June 1910 -- are available online for the first time at www.britishcolonist.ca.

Check it out to read all the news that was fit to print 150 years ago.

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