To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians. The first woman to serve as publisher of a major Canadian daily newspaper didn’t come to her position with a silver spoon. When it failed, he shrewdly located where two Western Union lines intersected. At 14, she had a full-time job at New Westminster’s Western Union telegraph depot. In 1884, he had helped establish the Victoria Daily Times.

Source: Daily Sun April 10, 2017 07:52 UTC