Laurence Bareil

Laurence Bareil is a Québécois journalist and television host.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, she began her career in the media at the age of 17 as a trainee for the local TVA owned-and-operated station, CHEM-DT. In 2002, she began studying communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal while attending courses at Promédia School, a structure offering training in spoken journalism.
At the end of her training, she was hired by the channel Canal Vie to host a program called "Tous les chemins". Working at first at RDS, she joined the TVA, where she became a reporter and weather presenter. She also co-hosted the cooking show "Qu'est-ce qui mijote" ("What's Cooking"). Since 2013, she has hosted a series called "La Reine du Shopping" ("The Queen of Shopping") on Canal Vie. As of 2010, she was also a reporter for "La série Montréal-Québec", a reality show based on hockey rivalries between the two cities.
In 2021 she was a competitor in the Quebec edition of "Big Brother Célébrités".