Thanks for the tools :)
With the Library database I was able to confirm if OBITs existed, at least in the Edmonton Journal, for who I am looking for and then the exact date it ran so that is quite useful.
Especially if some kind soul has a subscription to online newspapers it would not be a random search but specific.
The google link, sadly no edition was available for the dates I needed ...what are the chances.
But it is a great tool and one I had used some time ago (for the Ottawa Citizen) but had forgotten about.
Thank you