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Shelby Thevenot
Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.
Member of:
The Professional Writers Association of Canada
Quebec Writers Federation
English Language Arts Network
Trudeau pressed in Quebec City to give more contracts to Davie shipyard
QUEBEC – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered an optimistic vision for Quebec but few concrete…
The battle for 2019 has already begun: Conservatives gearing up for election
OTTAWA – Canada's Conservatives are unapologetically in election campaign mode as they gather in Ottawa…
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
KINGSTON, Ont. – The RCMP have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying the person…
McCallum says dropping Meng extradition would be ‘great’ for Canada: report
VANCOUVER – A media report is quoting Canada's ambassador to China as saying it would…
Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
OTTAWA – Coalition warplanes will no longer turn to the Canadian military for mid-air fill…
Faraway space snowman is pitted and has bright ‘collar’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space snowman visited by NASA on New Year's Day is…
‘Restore and rebuild Waterton:’ $21M from Ottawa for fire-damaged national park
CALGARY – Ottawa is spending almost $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park in…
Kelowna man’s road rage leads to criminal charges
KELOWNA – A joint effort between the Kelowna RCMP Street Enforcement Unit and the RCMP…
Top military judge to face court martial overseen by deputy this summer
OTTAWA – The Canadian Forces' top judge is set to be tried in a court…
U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico need to come off, manufacturers plead
WASHINGTON – American automakers, aluminum producers, manufacturers and farmers are running out of time, money…
Unifor calls for boycott of Mexican GM vehicles in escalation of Oshawa fight
TORONTO – Canada's largest private sector union has called for a boycott of General Motors…
Ethics czar warns Liberal-named CEO of investment body over conflict of interest
OTTAWA – The head of a federal investment-promotion agency — and former national director of…
Former prime minister Stephen Harper coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – Canada's 22nd Prime Minister will come to Kelowna in March. Stephen Harper will…
Canadian navy pressing ahead on life extensions for submarines
OTTAWA – The Department of National Defence is pushing ahead with plans to extend the…
Liberals looking to make home-buying more affordable for millennials: Morneau
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is looking for ways to make home-buying more affordable for…
Canadians pressed into service after deadly attack on UN base in Mali
OTTAWA – Canadian peacekeepers saw their busiest day in Mali on Sunday after extremists with…
TRENDING NOW: Dog swims with dolphin
This dog was caught on camera swimming in a channel when a dolphin joined in.…
Cannabis-carrying border-crossers could be hit with fines under coming system
OTTAWA – Travellers caught sneaking small amounts of marijuana into Canada could soon be forced…
Gunmen stole valuables, money during Canadian’s kidnapping: Burkina official
Details are emerging about the kidnapping and killing of a Canadian mining company executive in…
B.C. Greens won’t support officials’ return to legislature after spending report
VICTORIA – British Columbia's Green party will not support the return to the legislature of…
Yellow vests in Canada bear no resemblance to protesters in France: ambassador
OTTAWA – Canada's ambassador to France says this country's yellow-vest protest movement bears little resemblance…
NDP, Liberals pitch for urban votes with competing affordable housing plans
OTTAWA – Jagmeet Singh is proposing three measures he says will help build 500,000 new…
Entry-level training standard en route for Canadian truckers within a year
MONTREAL – The country's transportation ministers have agreed to develop an entry-level national training standard…
Six eagles killed, six injured after eating tainted carcass on Vancouver Island
DUNCAN, B.C. – Animal experts say no more bald eagles have been found since 12…