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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
Statcan’s plan to harvest private banking info on hold, pending investigation
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada's controversial plan to harvest personal financial data without people's consent is…
RCMP officer is mostly to blame for an accident, B.C. Supreme Court judge rules
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia judge has determined that an RCMP officer who was driving…
Man faces charges for allegedly assaulting 3 police officers in Vernon
VERNON – A man faces numerous charges after he was arrested for assaulting three police…
Tony award winning musical ‘Kinky Boots’ coming to Okanagan
KELOWNA – A smash-hit musical is strutting its stuff all the way to Kelowna this…
Minister already met with 22 bands in Trans Mountain consultation redo
OTTAWA – Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi has personally met with leaders of nearly two…
Canada Revenue Agency ‘going after’ refugees: NDP MP Jenny Kwan
OTTAWA – A family of Syrian refugees in British Columbia got a tax bill for…
Rare Mandarin duck at park in Burnaby could be an escaped pet
BURNABY, B.C. – A rare duck native to East Asia is making a splash in…
TRENDING NOW: Dog thinks screen door is always closed
This dog's family won't have to worry about him running into the screen door. His…
Descendants of Vimy Ridge oak trees live on in Canada, and now France
MONTREAL – In April 1917, a Canadian soldier standing on a war-ravaged battlefield in France…
British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review
VANCOUVER – A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oilpatch…
On eve of U.S. midterms, not all women are mobilized against Trump
RICHMOND, Va. – If the Democrats succeed in breaking through in the U.S. midterm elections…
Some of the states and storylines worth watching as U.S. voters head to polls
WASHINGTON – States and storylines for Canadian observers to keep an eye on Tuesday as…
Quebec’s first male midwife feeling at home in uncharted territory
MONTREAL – While the word "midwife" seems to suggest a feminine-only practice, the first Quebec…
TRENDING NOW: Elevator weatherman
How would you like to get a live weather forecast on the elevator? Would you…
Tens of thousands blacked out in Maritimes as winds and rain lash region
HALIFAX – Tens of thousand of people across the Maritimes are without power this morning…
Weekend downpour causes washouts and slides at parks in Vancouver area
VANCOUVER – Stormy weather and mudslides this weekend have prompted the closures of a popular…
Puppies stranded on cliff in B.C. find ‘forever’ homes with rescue crew members
MISSION, B.C. – Two St. Bernard-cross puppies who spent four days on a cliff in…
Ontario Proud’s arrival on federal scene renews fears about third party collusion
OTTAWA – A conservative political advocacy group that was instrumental in taking down the Liberals…
Kelowna Rocket going up against team Russia in WHL series
KAMLOOPS – A Kelowna Rocket player is coming to Kamloops for the first game of…
One dead after 2 planes crash in Ottawa
OTTAWA – Paramedics say one person is dead after two small planes crashed mid-air in…
Postmedia cancels print deliveries to schools due to cannabis advertisements
Postmedia Network Inc. will no longer be delivering newspapers to schools across Canada in order…
How the First World War upended Canada’s political, social and economic norms
OTTAWA – The legacy of the First World War will be omnipresent when Canadians stop…
Indigenous people worry Saskatchewan trespassing plan may stoke racial tensions
A Saskatchewan grandmother who was confronted by a farmer with a gun says changing trespassing…
Narrow window to nab federal housing cash: Vancouver mayor-elect
VANCOUVER – Kennedy Stewart says he began working on Vancouver's housing crisis immediately after he…