Contributors
Early contributors to the magazine included Irshad Manji, Alex Munter, David Pepper, Andrew Griffin and Don McLean.
Because of its location in Canada's capital, the paper also publishes extensive coverage of LGBT issues in national politics, which is also reprinted in its sister publications in Toronto and Vancouver. The chain's first national political journalist was Neil Herland, and its current national political journalist is Dale Smith.
Matheson is now the publisher of all three Xtra! publications.
Associate publisher and managing editor Marcus McCann has been running the newspaper's operations since August 2008. Gareth Kirkby was the associate publisher and managing editor from 2005 until August 2008.
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