In partnership with Creston & District Musuem & Archives we have added issues of the Creston Review from 1909 to 1935 to the BC Historical Newspapers.
The Creston Review was established in 1908 by J. J. Atherton, and was the first newspaper serving the Creston Valley. For many years, the Review was Creston’s only local paper, and was usually a weekly paper though there were a few brief periods when it was published semi-weekly. It changed hands a number of times until taken over by long-time publisher Herb Legg in 1938, but retained its name and its unashamedly “local” focus throughout its life. The Review published its last issue in 1983.
I’m searching for a picture of the sign that hung above the Garden Bakery in Crest on, B.C.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Anna
Interesting to know when the paper started. I found through “Canadiana” my great great grandmother’s married name was listed…it turned out to be in the Creston REview. I found this peculiar as she lived in Stratford Ontario and died in 1901. Her name and address in Stratford Ontario was used, along with a picture (but I don’t believe that’s her, I have a photo, not real similar image), advertising for LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. And we think false advertising is more recent, but it isn’t…I am only speculating that they used a name of someone no longer living and put a photo in….everything old is new again (ie Facebook or online dating)?
Hello:
I’m looking for newspaper coverage of the 1992 murder of a Creston, B.C. woman byDuray Bentley Richards (the older brother of Jann rden). I find it odd that there is practically no objective newspaper coverage of this on the net. Can you help by providing links to articles? Thanks.
Am looking for info on Herb Legg, former publisher of Creston Review, Creston, British Columbia…late1930’s and 1940s. Herb was the husband of Betty Wert Legg, cousin of my mother, Maxine Elliott Sahr.
Hello Anne,
Thanks for your comment and interest in our collections. Unfortunately we do not field specific research or reference questions. Please do visit the BC Historical Newspapers Digital Collection where you can conduct keyword searches as well as browse the Creston Review: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us and we wish you all the best with your search.
Best regards,
The Digitization Centre Team