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The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was heavily subsidized by the colonial government the experiment was a near-failure, with very limited circulation.
Vancouver Island's Leading Newspaper Since 1858 NEWSROOM NOSTALGIA: VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1968-1973 (This newspaper no longer exists as such, but it was among the first on Canada's West Coast. It started life in Victoria, B.C. as the British Colonist on Dec. 11, 1858.acky and Flying Phil finally brought down by Barrett. The political climate of British Columbia then was much like it still is -- vigourous, diverting and often bizarre, especially at the provincial level. So politics provided a lot of the stories for the Colonist and other B.C. newspapers.