I’m a college student and intern at the Hallmark Society in Victoria BC. during summer I will am archiving historical articles from the Islander insert that was published weekly in the Times Colonist newspaper from the late fifties until the late eighties. The end goal of the project is to create an online searchable database that is accessible to the public.Many the articles I come across are fascinating, and highlight many aspects of the colourful past of British Columbia, and the Pacific Northwest.
As I work my way through several years of Islander issues, I hope to post some of my favourites on this blog.
