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EDITORIAL

Editor and Publisher Dan McLeod

Editor Charlie Smith

Art Director Matt McLeod

Managing Editor John Burns (Books)

Senior Editor Martin Dunphy

Section Editors
Janet Smith (Arts/Fashion), Nick Rockel (Articles), Mike Usinger (Music), Gail Johnson (Health/Dance), Steve Newton (Time Out), Pieta Woolley (Movies), Carolyn Ali (Travel/Food)

Associate Editors John Lucas, Brian Lynch, Alexander Varty

Staff Writer Matthew Burrows

Editorial Assistant Craig Takeuchi

Proofreader Patty Jones

Contributing Writers
Guy Babineau, Ian Caddell, Jack Christie, Deena Cox, Sarah Cox, Ivan Coyote, Ken Eisner, Russ Francis, Terry Glavin, Jurgen Gothe, Mark Harris, Tara Henley, Blaine Kyllo, DJ Lam, Judith Lane, Robin Laurence (Visual Arts), Mark Leiren-Young, John Lekich, Amy Lu, Adrian Mack, Beth McArthur, Verne McDonald, Mac McLaughlin, Guy MacPherson, Tony Montague, Angela Murrills (Food/Fashion), Paul Myers, Kathleen Oliver, Ben Parfitt, Jeff Paterson, Alicia Priest, Bill Richardson, Luisa Rino, Sarah Rowland, Shannon Rupp, Gurpreet Singh, Jada Stark, Colin Thomas (Theatre), Martin Turenne, Jacqueline Turner, Jennifer Van Evra, Dave Watson, Stephen Wong, Ron Yamauchi

Assistant Art Director Janet McDonald

Contributing Artists
Grahame Arnould, Graeme Berglund, Rebecca Blissett, Phillip Chin, Louise Christie, Hadi Farahani, Elizabeth Ferber, Rod Filbrandt, Shannon Hemmett, Mark Mushet, Kevin Statham, Dirk Van Stralen, Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

PRODUCTION

Production Manager Judson Young

Acting Production Supervisor Mike Correia

Production Supervisor Sandra Oswald (On Leave)

Production
K.T. Dean, J.J. Epp, Steven Jacquier, Josué Menjivar, Mark Pilon, Annette Spreeuw, Kim Sutherland

AD SERVICES

Director of Ad Services and Production Rose Evans

Ad Services Supervisor Doug Sarti

Ad Services Associates Melissa Stetski, Navdeep Chhina

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information Technology Director Dennis Jangula

Technical Support Specialist Craig Kitagawa

WEBSITE

Webmaster Geoff Burke

Website Administrator Miles Keir

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Director of Business Development Martin McLeod

HUMAN RESOURCES

Director of Human Resources Kelley Riley

SALES AND MARKETING

National Sales Director Tony Barnes

Retail Sales Manager Nicole Popper

Advertising Representatives
Alex Dow, Erin Duguay, David Pearlman, Shay Ramji, Patrick Ruel, Dawn Searle

Arts Category Manager Laura Moore

Agency Rep (Vancouver) Paul Graham

National Advertising (Toronto) DPS Media Inc. (416) 413-9291

Sales Assistant Noy Vongsamphanh

CLASSIFIEDS

Classified Ad Director Jennifer Lee

Classified Assistant Lyndsey Krezanoski

Classified Representatives
Carling Acthim, Glenn Cohen, Sarah Haydahl, Robyn Marsh, Stephanie McDonald, Jenna Semenoff, Kathy Skelton

DISTRIBUTION

Director of Operations and Circulation Nick Collier

Distribution Yolanda Stepien

ACCOUNTING

Credit Manager Shannon Li

Accounting Christiene Santic, Tamara Robinson, Sindy Zelezen

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