The paper was launched in April 1993 by Jim Creskey and Ross Dickson, who both also founded The Hill Times.
In March 2001, the paper was sold to Voir's president and founder, Pierre Paquet.
[2] As of January 2010, Cormac Rea was editor-in-chief and Melissa Proulx was managing editor.
[5] The explicit content of this sex advice feature prompted the Loeb supermarket chain to discontinue distribution of the Xpress in its stores as of late 2005.
Dan Savage said this action was another instance of a minority group trying to deprive a majority of people reading his column.