Bill was born and raised in Parry Sound. He worked as a wholesale merchandise salesman for several years before starting his advertising career with the local Parry Sound radio station in 1976. In 1982 Bill switched to newspaper advertising sales with the Parry Sound Beacon. He and his family moved to Huntsville in 1986 to help start the Muskoka Advance. He went on to hold a number of managerial positions with the Muskoka Publications Group. Bill is very pleased to be part of Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distribution as the General Manager of the Huntsville Forester.

Before Tamara de la Vega Bryon became staff reporter with the Huntsville Forester in March 2000, she spent a great deal of time travelling Europe, the Middle East and South America. She interned for United Press International, reported for various publications in Toronto, and worked for an English publication in Santiago, Chile. "When it came time to settle down, Huntsville was my place of choice. This is a vibrant community and the dynamics of both a permanent and seasonal population make for some interesting stories. It also happens to be a great place to raise a child." Her beats include covering District of Muskoka and Lake of Bays councils, political affairs, human-interest stories and the environment.

Gail Knaus has worked at the Huntsville Forester in production for the past 7 years. Whenever she can, she takes time off to travel the world, meet new people and experience new cultures. Gail currently lives in Port Sydney and plans to retire somewhere warm year-round. She began her career as a proofreader with McLaren Press out of Bracebridge (formerly Mississauga). She worked ten years with Agfa-Compugraphic Division, training staff in production at small newspapers/printers across Canada. The ever changing newspaper business has kept Gail's interest for the past 27 years and she enjoys very much her choice of jobs.

Tracy's a Jill-of-all-trades when it comes to magazines and special sections and is currently helming Sideroads of Muskoka and Beyond The City. She's also the editorial brains behind Huntsville products you've come to know and love such as Weddings, The Hunting Guide and Cavalcade of Colour. Tracy moved to Dwight from Toronto in 2005, purchasing her first home in Huntsville's west end in 2008. A fiction writer, slow-pitch enthusiast, amateur gardener and dedicated frisbee thrower for her dog Jake, the outdoors is where Tracy likes to be. Currently a member of Hospice Huntsville's board of directors, Tracy was happy to serve on the Muskoka Literacy Council's Novel Marathon committee and is a past-member of the Chrysalis board.

With a background in hospitality and sales, Rose Evans has a passion for working with people. A resident of Huntsville for the past 16 years, Rose has worked with many charitable organizations such as Golf Fore the Cure, Chrysalis and the Terry Fox Run. As the newest member of the advertising sales team, Rose is looking forward to combining her vast non-profit and hospitality experience to help serve her customers. Rose's co-workers are looking forward to the positive attitude and wealth of experience Rose brings with her to the sales team.

Joe has been a Muskoka resident all of his life, and loves the natural beauty of this area. He is a father of two children. A graduate of the Advertising/Marketing program at Georgian College, he has been a Real Estate Sales Representative in Huntsville for the last ten years, and now enjoys looking after the real estate section of the Forester. With a strong customer service background in a variety of sales and management positions, Joe looks forward to listening to your needs and serving you in a friendly, professional and courteous manner!

Charlene was raised in Dwight. She obtained a college degree in legal office administration and spent the last 10 years working in Burlington as a debt collector. Charlene recently returned to Muskoka to be closer to family and friends. She joined Metroland in February of 2007 in the accounting department and assumed the role of accounts payable for the Muskoka offices. She works between Bracebridge and Huntsville offices each day. Charlene's hobbies include: being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, walks with her two bulldogs and working out. She is looking forward to starting and raising a family in cottage country.

Laura is married with three children aged 15, 14 and 9. She moved to Muskoka in 1997 from the London area. She is very involved with soccer and hockey in Huntsville at both an dministrative level as well as a being a sports mom. Laura loves to travel and experience different cultures and foods - somewhere new every time, but has a soft spot for the sunny south / Caribbean. She believes there’s no place better to live than Muskoka - boating, hiking, fishing, lakes... the list goes on and on (and we don't have a lot of traffic lights here)!

After two years of trying to get her foot in the door at the Huntsville Forester, Laura MacLean's dream of joining her hometown newspaper was made a reality in the summer of 2005. She graduated from the Print Journalism program at Cambrian College in Sudbury in 2003 and completed her placement at the Bracebridge Examiner and the Muskokan newspaper that same year. The placement led her to a full-time position at the Examiner, where Laura was responsible for covering Township of Muskoka Lakes council and municipal news stories. From 2004 to 2005, Laura took an alternative route and began establishing herself as a freelance journalist and photographer. She wrote numerous stories for Cottage Country Communications. As she continues her role as the weekend reporter for the Huntsville Forester, Laura can always be seen in the middle of a local event, camera in one hand, notebook in the other.

Pamela Steel comes to Metroland after a 12-year freelance stint. "I just couldn't stand working for myself any longer," she says. Pamela wrote her "Sweet Talk" column for three years for the Toronto Star's food pages and enjoyed writing for President's Choice Magazine for three years. She has published 12 cookbooks, including Nice Timing, Recipes for Homemade Love and The Great Canadian Baking series. While her niche has been primarily writing about food, she has also contributed to the lifestyle, health, parenting and travel sections of newspapers and magazines. Pamela happily transplanted her family to Muskoka from Toronto nine years ago. Her many volunteer commitments include co-ordinating The Arrowhead Nordic Ski Club's Jackrabbit Program, running a summer soccer league in Utterson, sitting on The Board of Directors for Muskoka Family Focus and acting as chair for the small village school where her children attend classes.

Diane was born and raised in Burk's Falls and spent three years in Toronto working for the MTO head office. She then returned home to raise a family. She has four children – 2 girls, then twins (a girl and a boy). The two oldest reside in the area, one daughter in Oakville / Burlington area, and a son in the navy. Diane began with the Huntsville Forester in February of 2005. Prior to employment with the Forester, she worked at the Almaguin News since 1986. Diane and her husband, Jerry, have both been involved in Minor Hockey. Jerry is still involved as OMHA convener. Presently, Diane is a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Burk's Falls Branch 405, Royal Canadian Legion, and is also a member of the Almaguin Highlands Community Policing.

Doug began his newspaper career early, helping his older brother with his paper route at age 6 and getting his own at age 8. He wrote a column for the local weekly on high school life and after took a course at Sheridan College in advertising. He had considered the journalism course until being made aware of the vow of poverty taken by its graduates. Upon completion of this course he went to work selling advertising. While working for a weekly in Milton, Ontario, he wrote a humour column as well as learning typesetting and paste-up in order to lend a helping hand in the production department, in order to get his ads out to his customers as early as possible. After spending time selling advertising for a number of small-town weeklies in southern Ontario he headed up to Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) to work for The Nunatsiaq News, a trilingual (English, French, Inuktitut) publication serving the Eastern Arctic region. On his return from the great white north, he shifted his focus to the production side of the business, moving into the print business and out of newspapers for over a decade. Upon finding the love of his life in Muskoka he moved to Huntsville and landed a job in the Forester production department, where he can be found, happy and hard at work most weekdays.

Paula Boon has been the copy editor of the Huntsville Forester since 2002, checking over virtually all of the stories in each week's paper. A graduate of Irwin Memorial Public School and former Huntsville High School student, Paula trained as an English teacher. However, after five years of teaching, she decided the time had come to pursue her dream of writing. Since then, she has produced numerous magazine articles, short stories and a novel. Working part-time at the Forester provides welcome balance to Paula's life as a writer and mother.

Mimi is from St. Catharines, and moved here in 1999 with hubby Mark, son Jacob and daughter Jessica. Her dream came true in spring of 2007 in having her horses at home to enjoy daily. Jessica also loves the horses. Mark and Jacob love "horsepower". Along with the two horses, Mimi has two dogs, two birds and one really fat cat! Mimi also reads a lot and is rarely ever in the house. On Mondays, she can be found pitching for her baseball team - the Home Depot.