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The long history of the Gull Lake Advance dates back to 1909, when the first newspaper, known then as the Gull Lake Advocate, rolled off the presses. The editor was E. Spackman. The office, where it still stands today, was possibly built around 1911-1912, by R. Partridge, who was the editor at the time. He sold the business to F. Tupholme, who ran the newspaper until he went overseas in 1917, then sold it back to Partridge.

Harold Gamble, who apprenticed as a printer in England, immigrated to the Outlook, Saskatchewan area and worked for a farmer before becoming employed at the Outlook, Saskatchewan newspaper office. He and his wife, Ida, moved to Gull Lake with their one year old daughter Daisy and 2 week old son, Ford. Harold was employed at the Advocate. He took over the business in 1919, and renamed the newspaper the Gull Lake Advance.
Harold's son Ford started working at The Advance at a very young age, and in 1932 he went to work full-time with his father. After Harold's death in 1963, Ford took over the reigns as editor, and ran The Advance until 1976, when he sold the newspaper to Gordon Colledge.

Gordon hired a young pressman and job printer by the name of John Peters, who had received his training in the newspaper and printing business at the Whitewood Herald. A couple of months later, Colledge sold the newspaper to Ray and Kathy Zelowsky. Peters took over the job printing portion of the business in June of 1979 and continued to work part-time for the Zelowsky's.

In October 1979, John and his wife Rosella formed the company "Peters Printing Ltd." and bought The Advance from Ray and Kathy. John and Rosella ran the business for 30 years until May 2009, when they sold the business to Kate Winquist.
Winquist's first publication on May 5, 2009, was the first time in the 100 year history of The Advance that had full colour on the front page.