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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
Rise up: Female voices take centre stage at Grammys
NEW YORK – After being nearly muted at this year's ceremony, the 2019 Grammys are…
Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes
PARIS – The rumble of armoured police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled…
Little-known among consumers, Huawei has high profile in Canadian tech networks
TORONTO – Before the arrest of Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver…
Water quality advisory in effect in North Okanagan
NORTH OKANAGAN – The district has issued a water quality advisory for the North Okanagan.…
Concert stampede in Italy leaves 6 dead, over 50 hurt
CORINALDO, Italy – Teenagers panicked before a rap concert at a jammed Italian disco, setting…
Nova Scotia community rallies behind hundreds who lost their jobs ahead of holidays
SYDNEY, N.S. – A Cape Breton community has leaped into action following the sudden closure…
Alleged bomb maker surrendered to Kamloops police
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops RCMP have arrested a man wanted in connection with a large collection…
West Kelowna RCMP officer spots missing elderly man
WEST KELOWNA – An RCMP officer searching for a missing person near downtown West Kelowna,…
Kamloops Fire Rescue respond to McDonalds deep fryer fire
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops McDonalds was temporarily closed last night due to a small deep…
Shoppers Drug Mart granted licence to sell medical marijuana online
TORONTO – Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a licence to sell medical marijuana online.…
Canada seeking new members of anti-coal alliance at climate meeting
OTTAWA – Canada and the United Kingdom are hosting a "coal-free day" at the United…
Girl opens Christmas present she gave to boy when she dumped him in 1971
ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A man in Edmonton who made international headlines for holding onto…
UN committee tells Canada to do more on sterilizations of Indigenous women
OTTAWA – Canada has to stop the "extensive forced or coerced sterilization" of Indigenous women…
TRENDING NOW: Bobcat kitten’s terrifying release into the wild
The Center for Biological Diversity subtitled this bobcat kitten's thoughts in cat-speak. See the hilarious events…
France girds for weekend protests, fearing more violence
PARIS – Anticipating a fourth straight weekend of violent protests, France on Friday mobilized armoured…
B.C. halts northeast fracking operations while it investigates earthquakes
CALGARY – The BC Oil and Gas Commission is shutting down oilfield fracking operations in…
Kelly expected to depart White House amid Trump shake-up
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump inched closer to his long-teased major White House shake-up Friday,…
Fewer than half of ballots returned so far in B.C.’s electoral reform referendum
VANCOUVER – An advocate for maintaining British Columbia's electoral system as it is questions whether…
Lineup released for Kelowna’s Denim on the Diamond music festival
KELOWNA – Some Juno and Canadian Country Music Award recipients are taking part in a…
Vernon fast food restaurant held up by man with syringe
VERNON – RCMP are on the hunt for a suspect after a robbery at a…
Federal government needs to listen harder to scientists: letter
Three of Canada's top environmental scientists want the federal government to listen harder to what…
‘A national priority:” Alberta sets legal wheels in motion to cut oil production
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her cabinet have put the legal wheels in…
TRENDING NOW: Dog is an escape artist
They couldn't figure out how Frenchie kept escaping, so they set up a video camera…
Knockout that left Montreal boxer in coma prompts questions in medical community
MONTREAL – One of the doctors who worked the boxing match Saturday night in Quebec…