Xtra Vancouver Newspaper Canada


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Xtra Vancouver Newspaper Canada (ISSN 1198-0613), formerly Xtra! West, is a gay biweekly newspaper, on newsprint in tabloid format, published by Pink Triangle Press in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a sister publication to Xtra and Xtra Ottawa.
Xtra! West was founded in July 1993. It has become Vancouver’s largest and most widely read publication targeting Vancouver’s gay and lesbian community. The publication has a current circulation of 30,000 copies and reaches 54,000 readers.
The publication’s offices are located in the Davie Village neighbourhood, Vancouver’s gay village.
The managing editor since 2005 is Robin Perelle. Gareth Kirkby was the managing editor from 1996 to 2005. In 2008, Brandon Matheson became publisher, succeeding Ken Hickling who was publisher from 1999.