Initial print runs were produced at home, using the bathroom as a darkroom.

The paper was not commercially successful during its early years and was kept afloat by income from Sigvaldson's wife.

By 1978, the paper had become a financial success, and Sigvaldson purchased News of the North, renaming it News/North.

[4] The paper focuses on local community news in the city, with some occasional coverage of wider issues in Northwest Territories and Northern Canada generally.

The paper is published in English, but still has a significant number of Indigenous readers.