Times Colonist

The Times Colonist is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Local news receives the greatest prominence in the Times Colonist. Stories and photographs about Greater Victoria are often featured on the front page. But the newspaper also has national and international stories, plus sections covering the arts, sports, and business.

The Times Colonist is published six days a week (Tuesday to Sunday - before June 2009 it was published seven) and is sold by subscription or at newsstands. It is the region's only daily newspaper staffed by local reporters. The Times Colonist has won a number of provincial and national awards. The Times Colonist and Vancouver Sun were co-winners of the 2005 Jack Webster Foundation award for Best News Reporting. The Webster awards are widely considered the highest honour in British Columbia journalism. The Times Colonist was also nominated for two 2005 National Newspaper awards, considered the highest honour in Canadian journalism.