A comprehensive contemporary news collection that delivers access to current, full-text news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites from around the world, including Canada and the U.S. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
Access to hundreds of Canadian newspapers, large and small, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Montreal Gazette. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
Includes New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian and other national and regional titles. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
News content from outside of Canada and the US, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
Unique, independent voices from over 200 respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
Digital access to the archival runs of major 20th/21st-century consumer magazines including Newsweek, In These Times, Europe, New Internationalist and NATO Review. In the "Advanced Search", filter date to 1989.
Additional subjects: Current events, Diplomacy/ peacemaking,Ethics,Human rights, International relations,Media history and Military operations.
A collection of approximately 1,300 historical archival films and news videos browsable by subject and producer. After performing a search, try sorting oldest to newest to identify relevant content.
Transcripts are available for CBC Radio (Toronto) for some days in 1989. Navigate what is available by choosing "issues" to view based on dates, or by searching terms within the publication and then limiting by date.
Unfortunately the CBC archives are very difficult to search systematically. You may have some success in locating footage or news stories from 1989 that have been uploaded in more recent years.
YouTube
Also try searching YouTube for an event or topic with the word "newsreel".
Example: berlin wall 1989 newsreel