Magazines & Newspapers

Magazines

Cooking, lifestyle, health, entertainment. GVPL has hundreds of magazines for you to download to your device or read in our branches. The collection includes foreign language and French titles, too. Search the catalogue to find a magazine today.

OverDrive/Libby

Borrow magazines for all ages and in many languages

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Flipster

Current issues of popular magazines for all ages

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PressReader

Today's international newspapers and magazines from 120 countries

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Dragonsource

Digital copies of popular Chinese-language magazines

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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)

Thousands of articles and documents on every subject

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Help Using Digital Content

Get help with ebooks, e-audiobooks, digital learning and more

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Newspapers

Start your day with the latest news from around the world. At home or in branch, you can access local and global news from our digital collections above. Read on your computer or the device of your choice; simply log in with your library card number and password.

Many of our patrons love coming to the library to settle in a comfy chair and read the daily paper in print. Every branch carries the Times Colonist, available for you as soon as our doors open in the morning. Select branches carry the Vancouver SunGlobe and MailNational Post and other global papers.

 

New York Times

Full unlimited access to New York Times online  

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New York Times Cooking

Over 15,000 recipes and more from New York Times

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New York Times Games

Enjoy the daily New York Times crossword plus other games

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PressReader

Today's international newspapers and magazines from 120 countries

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Canadian Newsstream

Articles from more than 300 Canadian newspapers from the last 10 to 20 years

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International Newsstream

Articles from more than 600 international newspapers going back 10 to 20 years

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Proquest Digital Times Colonist

Back issues of the Times Colonist from 2011 to three months ago

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BC Historical Newspapers

More than 125 years of Times Colonist, the Vancouver Sun, and the Province

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Help Using Digital Content

Get help with ebooks, e-audiobooks, digital learning and more

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Newspaper Back Issues

Please note: newspapers on microfilm and the Heritage Room are currently unavailable at this time.

We carry back issues of some newspapers on microfilm, available at the Central Branch. We have two microfilm readers; one allows you to print articles or save them to your USB flash drive.

 

Located at Central Branch:

  • Globe and Mail 1977 – December 2010
  • Times Colonist September 1980 – present (two month delay)
  • Vancouver Sun 1942-1953, 1989-2010
  • Victoria Daily Chronicle May 2, 1863 – June 23, 1866
  • Victoria Daily Colonist December 1858 – August 1980
  • Victoria Daily Times June 1884 – July 1980
  • Victorian January 7, 1971 – December 31, 1975

 

Back issues of the British Colonist (now the Times Colonist), from 1858 to 1980, are available online.