Description: Part of the University of Victoria's digital collections, this is the first digitization effort of a major daily, historical newspaper in British Columbia. Although not the first newspaper in British Columbia, the British Colonist newspaper survives today as the Times-Colonist and began publishing on December 11, 1858. Contents can be browsed or searched for full-text. The digitized version covers the years 1858 to 1905. The content is delivered as PDF files.