Digitized Historical Newspapers and Magazines: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Alberta
Peel’s Prairie Provinces - University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton AB
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/
A collection of multiple, digitized newspapers that are available for free and keyword searchable.
Includes:
Advertiser and Central Alberta News (Lacombe AB): Issues from 1907 to 1908.
The Alberta Non-Partisan (Calgary AB): Issues from 1917 to 1919. Published by the Non-Partisan League which was an agrarian protest organization.
The Alderson News (Alderson AB): Issues from 1915 to 1918.
Bassoon Herald (Bassano AB): Issues from 1955 to 1958.
Bassano Mail (Bassano AB): Issues from 1913 to 1921 & 1927 to 1936.
Bassoon News (Bassano AB): Issues from 1910 to 1914.
The Bassano News (Bassano AB): Issues from 1910.
Bassano Recorder (Bassano AB): Issues from 1937 to 1945.
The Beiseker Times (Bassano AB): Issues from 1949 to 1953.
The Bellevue Times (Blairmore AB): Issues from 1910 to 1918.
The Bellevue Times and Frank Vindicator (Blairmore AB): Issues from 1910.
Blairmore Enterprise (Blairmore AB): Issues from 1910 to 1946.
The Blairmore Enterprise and Frank Vindicator (Blairmore AB): Issues from 1909 to 1910.
The Blairmore Graphic (Blairmore AB): Issues from 1946 to 1948.
Bow Island Review (Bow Island AB): Issues from 1910 to 1923.
Bow Valley Resource (Arrowwood AB): Issues from 1931 to 1936.
Bowden News (Bowden AB): Issues from 1909 to 1912.
The Brandon Daily Mail (Brandon MB): Issues from 1882 to 1883.
The Brandon Mail (Brandon MB): Issues from 1883 to 1897.
The Calgary Eye-Opener (Calgary AB): Issues from 1911 to 1922.
The Calgary Weekly Herald (Calgary AB): Issues from 1883 to 1890, 1893 & 1897 to 1901.
Carbon Chronicle (Carbon AB): Issues from 1927.
The Chronicle (Carbon AB): Issues from 1927 to 1929.
Chronicle (Carbon AB): Issues from 1929 to 1960.
Carbon News (Carbon AB): Issues from 1921 to 1922.
Carlstadt News (Carlstadt AB): Issues from 1912 to 1915.
Carlstadt Progress (Carlstadt AB): Issues from 1911 to 1912.
The Cayley Hustler (Cayley AB): Issues from 1909 to 1913.
The Champion Chronicle (Champion AB): Issues from 1920 to 1921 & 1925 to 1941.
The Chronicle (Champion AB): Issues from 1941 to 1942.
The Chronicle of Champion (Champion AB): Issues from 1942 to 1943.
Chinook Advance (Chinook AB): Issues from 1915 to 1922, 1924 to 1925 & 1927 to 1945.
Claresholm Advertiser (Claresholm AB): Issues from 1914 to 1916.
Claresholm Review (Claresholm AB): Issues from 1907 to 1916.
Claresholm Review-Advertiser (Claresholm AB): Issues from 1916 to 1921 & 1925 to 1928
Coleman Bulletin (Coleman AB): Issues from 1913 to 1918.
Coleman Miner (Coleman AB): Issues from 1908 to 1911.
Le courrier de l’ouest (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1905 to 1915. French language.
Cowley Chronicle and Lundbreck Advertiser (Cowley AB): Issues from 1909 to 1910.
Crossfield Chronicle (Crossfield AB): Issues from 1908 to 1921 & 1925 to 1953.
Didsbury Pioneer (Didsbury AB): Issues from 1903 & 1907 to 1959.
The Edmonton Bulletin (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1880 to 1923.
The Edmonton Capital (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1910 to 1911 & 1913 to 1914.
Saturday News (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1905 to 1912.
Empress Express (Empress AB): Issues from 1913 to 1922 & 1925 to 1936.
The Eye Opener (Calgary AB): Issues from 1902 to 1911.
The Farm and Ranch Review (Calgary AB): Issues from 1944 to 1959.
The Folio (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1964 to 2007. Published by the University of Alberta Alumni Assoc.
Le franco-albertain (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1967 to 2000. Published by l’Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta
Frank Paper (Frank AB): Issues from 1907 to 1909.
Frank Vindicator (Frank AB): Issues from 1910 to 1913.
The Gateway (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1910 to 2008. Published by University of Alberta Students’ Union.
The Gazette (St. Alberta AB): Issues from 1966 to 1970 & 1974 to 1979.
Gleichen Call (Gleichen AB): Issues from 1907 to 1956.
The Grain Growers’ Guide (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1909 to 1919. Published by the Grain Growers Grain Company.
The Illustrated War News (Toronto ON): Issues from 1885.
Irma Times (Viking AB): Issues from 1917 to 1925 & 1928 to 1959.
La Liberté (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1913 to 1941.
La Liberté et le patriote (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1941 to 1971.
La Liberté (Ste-Boniface MB): Issues from 1971 to 2013.
Advertiser and Central Alberta News (Lacombe AB): Issues from 1908 to 1909.
Lomond Press (Lomond AB): Issues from 1916 to 1920 & 1922 to 1923, 1926 1928.
Buzzer (Ft. Macleod AB): Issues from 1910 to 1911.
Macleod Times (Ft. Macleod AB): Issues from 1920 to 1930.
The Macleod Weekly (Ft. Macleod AB): Issues from 1908 to 1909.
Le Métis (Ste. Boniface MB): Issues from 1871 to 1881. French language.
Mirror (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1912 to 1913.
Mirror Journal (Mirror AB): Issues from 1911 to 1916 & 1919, 1922, 1924, 1928 to 1929.
Mirror Mail (Mirror AB): Issues from 1926 to 1927.
Reflector (Mirror AB): Issues from 1911.
Monitor News (Monitor AB): Issues from 1916 to 1922.
Moose Jaw Herald Times (Moose Jaw SK): Issues from 1890 to 1899.
The Munson Mail (Munson AB): Issues from 1916 to 1918.
Northern Tribune (Grande Prairie AB): Issues from 1932 to 1939.
The Outcrop (Canterbury BC): Issues from 1900 to 1907.
Oyen News (Oyen AB): Issues from 1914 to 1919 & 1924 to 1935.
Le patriote de l’Ouest (Duck Lake SK): Issues from 1910 to 1932. Published in Prince Albert SK.
The People’s Weekly (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1944 to 1952. Published by the Alberta Federation of Labour and Co-operative
Commonwealth Federation.
Ponoka Herald (Ponoka AB): Issues from 1902, 1904, 1907, 1914 & 1920 to 1923.
Poundmaker (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1972 to 1974. Published by the independent University of Alberta student society.
The Prince Albert Times (Prince Albert SK): Issues from 1882 to 1895.
Qu’Appelle Progress (Qu’Appelle SK): Issues from 1885 to 1900.
Chronicle (Raymond AB): Issues from 1907.
Raymond Leader (Raymond AB): Issues from 1911 to 1917.
Recorder (Raymond AB): Issues from 1921 to 1956.
Raymond Rustler (Raymond AB): Issues from 1909 to 1911.
The Rebel (Calgary AB): Issues from 1937 to 1939.
Red Deer News (Red Deer AB): Issues from 1906 to 1926.
Redcliffe Review (Redcliff AB): Issues from 1910 to 1940.
Rural Weekly News and Rube’s Farm Fun (Stony Plain AB): Issues 1915 to 1916.
The St. Albert Star/Étoile de St. Albert (St. Albert AB): Issues from 1912 to 1914.
St. Albert & Sturgeon Gazette (St. Albert AB): Issues from 1970 to 1974.
St. Albert Gazette (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1949 to 1953.
St. Albert Gazette (St. Albert AB): Issues from 1961 to 1966.
Stony Plain Sun (Stony Plain AB): Issues from 1921 to 1938.
Strathcona Chronicle (Strathcona AB): Issues from 1907 to 1909.
Strathcona Evening Chronicle (Strathcona AB): Issues from 1907 to 1908.
The Strathmore Standard (Calgary AB): Issues from 1909 to 1944 & 1946 to 1948.
La survivance (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1928 to 1967. Published by l’Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta.
Taber Free Press (Taber AB): Issues from 1908 to 1910.
Trochu Times (Trochu AB): Issues from 1909.
The U.F.A. (Calgary AB): Issues from 1922 to 1923, 1925 to 1930 & 1932 to 1933. Published by the United Farmers of Alberta
L’union (Edmonton AB): Issues from 1919 & 1923.
Vermilion Signal (Vermilion AB): Issues from 1906 to 1908.
Wainwright Record (Wainwright AB): Issues from 1933 to 1934.
Wainwright Star (Wainwright AB): Issues from 1908 to 1950.
The Western Farm Leader (Calgary AB): Issues from 1936 to 1954.
Western Globe (Lacombe AB): Issues from 1907, 1909 to 1920, 1923, 1926 & 1928 to 1939.
The Wetaskiwin Times (Wetasiwin AB): Issues from 1901 to 1904, 1906 to 1916 & 1921 to 1933.
Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/
A collection of Albertan newspaper that are free and keyword searchable.
Includes
The Albertan: Issues from 1900 to 1901, 1938 to 1939.
Calgary Albertan: Issues from 1924.
The Calgary Daily Herald: Issues from 1908, 1921 to 1929, 1930 to 1936.
Calgary Eye Opener: Issues from 1902 to 1922.
The Calgary Herald: Issues from 1953.
The Camrose Canadian: Issues from 1908 to 1948, 1949 to 1969.
The Cardston News: Issues from 1934 to 1944.
The Carstairs Journal: Issues from 1906 to 1922.
Claresholm Local Press: Issues from 1914 to 1916, 1926 to 1931, 1932 to 1936, 1949 to 1951, 1955 to 2001.
The Claresholm Local Press: Issues from 1942 to 1945.
Claresholm Local Review Advertiser: Issues from 1916 to 1918 & 1925 to 1928.
Claresholm Review: Issues from 1911 to 1916.
Crag and Canyon: Issues from 1900 to 1959.
The Daily Herald: Issues from 1906 to 1908.
The Delburne Progress: Issues from 1912 to 1925.
The Delburne Times: Issues from 1956 to 1958.
The Donalda Free Lance: Issues from 1916.
Drumheller Review: Issues from 1914 to 1920, 1928 to 1940.
Edmonton Bulletin: Issues from 1924 to 1929, 1933.
Edmonton Journal: Issues from 1920 to 1922, 1926.
The Elnora Advance: Issues from 1920 to 1933.
The Empress Express: Issues from 1913 to 1936.
The Fairview Post: Issues from 1940 to 1955.
The Gadsby Observer: Issues form 1917.
The Gazette: Issues from 1979 to 1992.
The High River Times: Issues from 1921 to 1923, 1927 to 1929, 1933 to 1949.
The Independent Reformer: Issues from 1945.
The Lethbridge Daily Herald: Issues from 1921 to 1924.
The Morning Albertan: Issues from 1921, 1924.
The Morning Bulletin: Issues from 1921 to 1924.
The Nanton News: Issues from 1924 to 1927, 1930 to 1931.
The Olds Gazette: Issues to 1907 to 1979.
The Olds Gazette and Mountain View News: Issues from 1960 to 1977.
The Plaindealer: Issues from 1913 to 1940.
The Pincher Creek Echo: Issues from 1900 to 1906.
Red Deer Advocate: Issues from 1916 to 1949.
The Rockyford Reporter: Issues from 1918 to 1919.
The Ryley Times: Issues from 1911 to 1925.
The Sedgewick Sentinel: Issues from 1908 to 1927.
The St. Paul Star: Issues from 1920 to 1922.
St. Paul Tribune: Issues from 1925.
The Stavely Advertiser: Issues from 1918 to 1945.
Stavely Standard: Issues from 1910 to 1912.
The Strathmore and Bow Valley Standard: Issues from 1922 to 1948.
Strathmore Standard: Issues from 1928 to 1946.
The Sylvan Lake News: Issues from 1926 to 1938, 1942 to 1947.
Sylvan Lake News: Issues from 1948 to 1950.
The Sylvan Lake World: Issues from 1922 to 1925.
Vegreville Observer: Issues from 1906 to 1928.
Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection - University of Lethbridge Library, Lethbridge AB
http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/cdm/landingpage/collection/sanews
Free, digitized collection of multiple local southern Alberta newspapers. Everything is keyword searchable.
Includes:
Alberta Star (Cardston AB): Issues from 1902 to 1909 (not complete).
Barons Enterprise (Barons AB): Issues from 1911 to 1912.
Barons Globe (Barons AB): Issues from 1920 to 1921.
The Boundary (Waterton Lakes National Park AB, Pincher Creek AB): Issues from 2000 to 2011.
Cardston News (Cardston AB): Issues from 1925 to 1958.
Cranston Record (Cardston AB): Issues from 1898 to 1899.
Glacier Times (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1980 to 1982.
Granum Advertiser (Granum AB): Issues from 1920 to 1921.
Granum News (Granum AB): Issues from 1911 to 1918.
Granum Press (Granum AB): Issues from 1909 to 1910.
Granum Times (Granum AB): Issues from 1908, 1928 to 1930 (not complete).
Hanna Herald (Herald AB): Issues from 1912 to 1965.
Kainai News (Blood Indian Reserve AB): Issues from 1968 to 1991.
Lethbridge News (Lethbridge AB): Issues from 1885 to 1906, 1914 to 1918.
Macleod Advertiser (Fort Macleod AB): Issues from 1908 to 1913.
Macleod Chronicle (Fort Macleod AB): Issues from 1908 to 1909.
Macleod Gazette (Fort Macleod AB): Issues from 1897, 1899 to 1901, 1907 (not complete).
Macleod Spectator (Fort Macleod AB): Issues from 1912 to 1916.
Magrath Pioneer (Magrath AB): Issues from 1907 to 1914.
Milk River Review (Milk River AB): Issues from 1948 to 1961.
Mountain Standard Times (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1985.
Sun Dance Echo (Blood Indian Reserve AB): Issues from 1964 to 1966.
Waterton Centennial Chronicles (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1995.
Waterton Glacier Guide (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1986 to 2014.
Waterton Glacier Times (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1983 to 1986.
Waterton-Glacier Views (Waterton Lakes National Park AB; Pincher Creek AB): Issues from 1991 to 1999.
Waterton Times (Waterton Lakes National Park AB): Issues from 1979 (one issue)
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Historical Newspapers Online
http://sabnewspapers.usask.ca
This site is currently in development but will eventually feature "newspapers from all across Saskatchewan from 1878 through to the mid 1960s." It is a joint venture of the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and Sask History Online. Currently you can search individual titles by keyword but only for the dates 1914-1918.
Some Saskatchewan listings are also available in the University of Alberta's Peel's Prairie Provinces.
Manitoba
Some Manitoba listings are also available in the University of Alberta's Peel's Prairie Provinces.
Manitobia: Digital Resources on Manitoba History - Manitoba Management Committee and the Manitoba Library Consortium/ Consortium des bibliothèques du Manitoba, Winnipeg MB
http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers
A collection of multiple newspapers that are available for free. They are keyword searchable.
Includes:
Brandon Daily Sun (Brandon MB): Issues from 1884 & 1900 to 1917.
Brandon Sun Weekly (Brandon MB): Issues from 1884 to 1897.
Courrier du Nord-Ouest (Ste. Boniface MB): Issues from May 31 to Dec 27 1888. French language.
Daily Nor’Wester (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1896 to 1898.
Echo du Manitoba (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1898 to 1905. French language.
The Enlightener (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Special strike editions of Western Labour News.
La Liberté (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1913 to 1920. French language.
Le Manitoba (Ste. Boniface MB): Issues from 1883 to 1925. French language.
Le Métis (Ste. Boniface MB): Issues from 1871 to 1881. French language.
Libra Parole (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1916 to 1917. French language.
Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1872 to 1878.
Manitoba Gazette (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1878 to 1879.
Manitoba Herald (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1877.
Manitoba Liberal (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1871 to 1872 & 1899.
The Manitoban (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1914 to 1947. Published by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union then Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation.
Manitoban and Northwest Herald (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1870 & 1872 to 1874.
Manitoba News-Letter (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1870 to 1871.
Minnedosa Tribune (Minnedosa MB): Issues from 1883 to 1922.
Morning Telegram (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1898.
New Nation (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1870. Organ of Louis Riel’s provisional government.
Nor’Wester (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1859 to 1869.
Nor’Wester (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1874 to 1875.
One Big Union (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published by Winnipeg Central Labour Council of the One Big Union Movement. Included here is the special General Strike issues from August 30, 1919.
Ouest Canadien (Ste. Boniface MB): Issues from 1889. French language.
The People’s Voice (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1894 to 1897. Published by Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council.
Portage la Prairie Weekly (Portage La Prairie MB): Issues from 1884 to 1906.
Quiz (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1878 to 1879. Satirical publication.
Red River Pioneer (Winnipeg MB): Issues form 1869.
Standard (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1874 to 1875.
Strikers Defense Bulletin (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published to present cases for arrested strikers.
The Voice (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1897 to 1918. Published by the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council.
Western Labour News (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council. Here are strike edition issues.
The Western Star (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published by Western Labour News only as a special strike edition.
Winnipeg Citizen (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published by Citizen’s Committee of One Thousand. Opposed to strike.
Winnipeg Daily Sun (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1881.
The Winnipeg Socialist (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1921. Published by Local No. 5 of Socialist Party of Canada. Here is May 1 1921 strike edition.
Winnipeg Telegram Strike Editions (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1919. Published as special strike editions.
The Winnipeg Tribune (Winnipeg MB): Issues from 1939 to 1945.
University of Manitoba - variety of periods for several newspapers
http://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/manitoba/newspaper_search
Currently includes:
Courrier du Nord-Ouest (1888-1888)
Daily Nor'Wester (1894-1898)
Brandon Sun Weekly (1884-1897)
Czas (The Times) (1915-2004)
The Winnipeg Tribune (1890-1980)
The People's Voice (1894-1897)
Nor'Wester (1874) (1874-1875)
Winnipeg Telegram Strike Editions (1919-1919)
One Big Union (1919-1919)
Ouest Canadien (1889-1889)
The Winnipeg Socialist (1921-1921)
Echo du Manitoba (1898-1905)
Le Manitoba (1881-1925)
The Enlightener (1919-1919)
Minnedosa Tribune (1883-1922)
Manitoba News-Letter (1870-1871)
Morning Telegram (1898-1907)
Nor'Wester (1859) (1859-1869)
New Nation (1870-1870)
Red River Pioneer (1869-1869)
Standard (1874-1875)
Western Labor News (1919-1919)
The Western Star (1919-1919)
Winnipeg Citizen (1919-1919)
Quiz (1878-1879)
Strikers Defense Bulletin (1919-1919)
The Voice (1897-1918)
Manitoba Herald (1877-1877)
Portage la Prairie Weekly (1884-1916)
Manitoba Gazette (1878-1879)
Libre Parole (1916-1917)
Manitoba Free Press (1872-1878)
Winnipeg Daily Sun (1881-1885)
Manitoba Liberal (1871-1899)
Manitoban and Northwest Herald (1870-1874)
The Manitoban (1914-2012)
Brandon Daily Sun (1884-1917)
La Liberté (1913-1920)
Le Métis (1871-1881)
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