Sun, 2015/01/18 - 1:24pm
#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
Wed, 2015/01/14 - 1:03pm
#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, from 100 years ago:
Fri, 2015/01/09 - 12:21pm
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria. British Columbia, from 100 years ago:
Wed, 2014/12/31 - 8:00am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
This will be the last of my daily updates from 100 years ago, as it was always my plan to stop when news of the Christmas Truce made it to this back-water end of the Empire, which it finally has. It's been too interesting reading history in this as-it-happens kind of way, so I expect to keep reading these century-old papers and will have the odd thing that is too interesting not to share....
Tue, 2014/12/30 - 8:00am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
• More news from the raid on Cuxhaven
• The internment and persecution of "alien enemies" in Canada and Britain
• The first small bit of news that the Christmas Truce happened at all...
Mon, 2014/12/29 - 8:00am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
No reports of the Christmas Truce yet. It's assumed that there was heavy fighting on Christmas Day, and the Christmas Day British raid on the German port of Cuxhaven is reported in detail. In other news:
• Two Canadians escape from the Tower of London
• Turkish outrages againt Christian Armenians
• American terrorists plotting to attack Vancouver
• Extensive fortifications around Paris completed
• Civilians in London warned to take cover during air-raids
• Things happening with the Italians in Albania that only make sense with historical hindsight
• Canadian soldiers shoot two Americans, and
• American fishermen in Alaska whine about Canadian competition.
Sat, 2014/12/27 - 8:15am
#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Absolutely nothing about the unofficial cease-fires that were strongly implied to have been already arranged in stories reported on the 24th, including the Prince of Wales travelling home to England and the Kaiser touring the front lines. Other than two aerial battles, all other news of battles have datelines of December 26.
Thu, 2014/12/25 - 8:43am
The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today puts as bright a spin as possible on the day.
• Celebration of the a century of peace between Britain and the United States,
• Christmas announcements from the King and the provincial government,
• News of Christmas being celebrated in London and Berlin,
• Christmas dinner for Canadian troops in England,
• Some local news from Vancouver that is unintentionally comical,
• Many, many advertisers wishing people Merry Christmas, and
• Notice that there will be no paper tomorrow due to the holiday.
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