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The Times Colonist is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.. It was formed by the September 2, 1980 merger [2] of the Victoria Daily Times, established in 1884, and the British Colonist (later the Daily Colonist), established in 1858 by Amor De Cosmos who was later British Columbia's second Premier.
William Bernard Ready (pronounced Reedy) was born on 16 September 1914 in Cardiff, Wales to James Ready and Nora Hart.He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wales in 1937, a Master of Arts from the University of Manitoba in 1949 and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1970, in addition to several diplomas related to archives and library ...
William Templeman, PC (September 28, 1844 [1] – December 15, 1914) was a Canadian newspaper editor and politician.. Born in Pakenham, Canada West, he was managing editor and owner of the Victoria Daily Times (now part of the Victoria Times-Colonist) newspaper, before first running as the Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Victoria in the 1891 election.
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In 1950, Canadian newspaper magnate Max Bell, through his company FP Publications, bought control of both the Victoria Colonist and the Victoria Times.Although Bell merged many of the business and production functions, he left the two newsrooms separate.
In the autumn of 2012, long time Victoria real estate company Pemberton Holmes donated their business archives to the BC archives for preservation and stewardship. [17] Pemberton Holmes was founded in 1887 by Joseph Despard Pemberton, the first colonial land surveyor in Victoria, and his son Frederick Barnard Pemberton. The donated archives ...
McGowan's War was a bloodless war that took place in Yale, British Columbia in the fall of 1858. The conflict posed a threat to the newly established British authority on the British Columbia mainland (which had only just been declared a colony the previous summer), at the onset of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.
The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866 that was founded by Richard Clement Moody, [1] who was selected to 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific', [2] who was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.