Editor & newsletter lead
Writes and schedules the weekly newsletter, reviews sponsor copy against house style, and confirms Riverside Notice bookings.
About Ravelmere
A newsroom and podcast built for Verdun and the southwest shore
We report on Verdun, Nuns' Island, LaSalle, Côte-Saint-Paul and the Aqueduct path, and we keep a short list of sponsor placements open for the businesses and groups that share that ground with us.
Who we are
A small weekly operation, not a syndicated feed
Ravelmere started as a weekly newsletter covering Verdun council meetings and neighbourhood events, and added a companion podcast a few years later once we had enough on-the-ground reporting to fill a weekly episode. We are operated by STINGRAY RADIO INC., a company that also publishes other local titles, but Ravelmere's newsroom, hosts and editorial decisions are its own — nothing we cover along the southwest shore is directed from elsewhere.
We publish one newsletter edition and one podcast episode per week. Advertising placements — the three described on our advertising page — are how we fund that schedule alongside subscriptions, and they are kept separate from the reporting itself.
Most weeks start the same way: a reporter checks in with a borough councillor or a business owner, a producer books studio time for the podcast, and the newsletter editor drafts the week's top items well before Thursday morning. It is a small, steady rhythm rather than a large operation, which is part of why our advertising offer stays fixed at three formats instead of expanding into a longer menu.
What we do
Reporting, a weekly podcast, and three sponsor formats
Alongside our regular coverage, we sell a small, fixed set of advertising placements rather than an open-ended menu — a newsletter mention, a set of podcast reads, or a longer cross-channel partnership.
- Riverside Notice
A two-edition newsletter line.
- Southwest Shore Podcast Mentions
Four host-read episode mentions.
- Full Shore Partnership
A six-week cross-channel run.
Where we are
Based near Wellington Street, reporting across the southwest shore
Our newsroom sits at 730 Rue Wellington, Montréal, QC H3C 1T4. Our coverage area is Verdun and the southwest shore — Verdun, Nuns' Island, LaSalle, Côte-Saint-Paul and the Aqueduct path — and that is also where our sponsor placements are read and heard.
Reach out through our contact page for the fastest response, or use the enquiry form on the home page.
Who provides the services
The people behind each placement
Podcast host & producer
Records the weekly episode, reads sponsor mentions live in-script, and approves scripts with advertisers ahead of recording.
Partnerships coordinator
Plans Full Shore Partnership bookings, coordinates creative across channels, and prepares the closing report.
Reporting team
Covers council, community and business news across Verdun, Nuns' Island, LaSalle and Côte-Saint-Paul, independent of the advertising side.
How we work
Three habits we keep on every placement
Clear scheduling
Every booking is confirmed against a specific edition or episode date before we start production.
Copy review
Sponsor wording is checked against our house style before it goes near a reader or listener.
Direct contact
One person coordinates your placement from enquiry through to the closing report, so questions have a single point of contact.
These three habits are the same whether you are booking a single Riverside Notice edition or a full six-week partnership: a confirmed schedule, a checked line of copy, and one named person you can reach with a follow-up question.