The editorial and sales staff that
make it happen at The Review

Louise Sproule
Publisher and Editor

Review publisher Louise Sproule has owned The Review since 1992. Louise writes the editorial each week, covers Champlain Township council meetings and water and environmental issues, in addition to regular news. Louise is a two-time winner of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association “Best Local Editorial” award in the 10,000-and-under circulation category.

She is a member of the Higginson Tower Restoration Committee; a project which is being funded by the Champlain Time Capsule. She is also an involved member of the Vankleek Hill Business and Merchant Association, organizing Trash and Treasure (the town-wide yard sale in Vankleek Hill which occurs each year on the first Saturday of June) and the Victorian Home and Garden Tour, which takes place the third Saturday in June.

She loves local history and her roots in Vankleek Hill go back to Simeon VanKleek, the town’s first settler.

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Matthew Talbot
News Editor

Matthew is now The Review's news editor.

He was part of a team that live-blogged the 2008 Election Night and was a live, on-air TV correspondent for TV Cogeco 11.

Born in England, Matthew moved to Canada at the tender age of four and, after exhausting travels all over the Maritimes and Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, he finally settled in Hawkesbury, Ontario.

Matthew graduated from Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute in 2002 and moved to Ottawa to study Journalism at Algonquin College. He graduated from the college in 2004.

For the first year after school, he worked in retail while still writing on the side - though he was relieved when the Review offered him a full-time position.

He loves gadgets and technology, words and travelling.

In 2006, Matthew made a name for himself in the community by covering the gas explosion of a house in Vankleek Hill.

He had no idea community journalism could be so interesting. .

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Philippe Morin
Journalist / Photographer

Philippe Morin is a graduate of Carleton University's journalism program.

After school he moved to the Northwest Territories and spent almost three years in Inuvik.

He wrote for the territorial newspaper and was also a producer and occasional host of CBC radio, while also creating a popular photo blog.

Philippe is especially interested in multimedia journalism and the Review's plans to use sound and video online.

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Jean Sarrazin
Websites & Multi-Media

Jean Sarrazin worked as a reporter/photographer for The Review for about three years, before being assigned to managing The Review's website. This a new  career for Jean, who retired about five years ago after 27 years with the CBC. His time with CBC Radio included touring with the Royal Canadian Air Farce as their on-stage sound effects man and recording two albums with Glenn Gould. Jean retired as senior advisor to the vice-president of technology at CBC and over the years, was involved in nation-wide programming and technology changes.

Jean records concerts and events such as all-candidates meetings with a view to putting more multi-media content on The Review's website.  Watch for continuing changes to The Review's website as we try new things to get you more involved in what is published in the newspaper and online!

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André Dumont
Journalist

A specialist in agriculture and municipal affairs, André lives in Montreal and writes for the Review as a freelance contributor.

He was recently involved in the "live-blogging" from Liberal headquarters during the October 2008 Federal Elections.

André's works about agriculture and farming have appeared in a number of Ontario, Quebec and national publications.

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Tara Kirkpatrick
Writer / Advertising sales

Tara has lived in the Laurentians (Morin heights) her entire life, and really knows the East Ontario region.

She has a double-major in Mass Communications and Human Rights from Carleton University.

Tara covers the area of Argenteuil and Pays-d'en-Haut, and also takes care of special projects such as the "Business / Affaires" magazine, tourism guides and seasonal publications.

She has been writing since high-school, when she became editor of the Laurentians High School newspaper and wrote monthly column for local 'Country Gazette'

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George Ball
Advertising Manager

George Ball has been selling advertising space in The Review for almost two decades and for the past 13 years, has been advertising manager. We were lucky to snag this former golf pro when he decided it was time to stop travelling the world and stay in one place.

George lives in a beautiful home on Lake Louisa, where he enjoys his privacy. His busy workdays are spent on the road, but close to home in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec where he visits his clients each week. In the summer, you’ll see his golf clubs in the back of his car so that he is able to fit a game in at the end of the day.

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Shirley Shuberynski
Advertising Sales

Shirley Shuberynski joined The Review’s sales team last year. She loves sales but loves this job especially because of the face-to-face contact with her customers.

In addition to selling advertising space in The Review, Shirley will be working on special editions such as The Review’s VISITOR GUIDE, which is  distributed each year during the first week of May to all tourist-related outlets in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Shirley also works each year on The Review's BUSINESS/AFFAIRES magazine, which is distributed in early October each year. Shirley’s professional manner and organizational skills are the perfect complement to a people-focused personality.

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