''Xtra Vancouver'' (), formerly ''Xtra! West'', was a

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bi-weekly newspaper, published by

Pink Triangle Press Pink Triangle Press is a Canadian organization which specializes in LGBT media including publishing, online interactive media, and television. PTP's main asset is the LGBT news website ''Daily Xtra'', a continuation of the company's former print t ...

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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, Canada. Printed on

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in tabloid format from its establishment in 1993, Pink Triangle Press announced on January 14, 2015 that the paper edition will be discontinued and the publication will continue in an exclusively

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format."Gay newspaper Xtra to stop printing, go digital only"
''Toronto Star'', January 14, 2015. Its offices were located in the

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neighbourhood, Vancouver's

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. The publication's original editor and publisher was Daniel Gawthrop. In March 2010, ''Xtra! West'' was rebranded ''Xtra Vancouver'' with the launch of a redesign in the Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver markets. The publication's final print edition was published on February 12, 2015.

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