The Summerland Advocate-Messenger - Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community

Since the Advocate-Messenger's first edition hit your mailboxes on July 25, 2019, our newspaper has had a single mission: Bring community stories to the forefront.

We've shared our region's success stories and we've covered the moments when we all have faced struggles. We share photos from sporting events, document engagements and weddings, promote area businesses and record community history.

One of the biggest challenges we collectively have faced is the COVID-19 pandemic. As a small business, we rely on advertising revenue, and during the shutdown, we lost significant revenue. We pushed...