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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
Goose Lake evacuation order rescinded
This afternoon the district rescinded the evacuation order for the Bonaparte Plateau. The Thompson-Nicola Regional…
Archivist helps families learn fate of missing residential school children
Nellie Hardisty was just a little girl from Moose Factory in Ontario when she disappeared…
Scheer says he will not reopen abortion debate, as members vote to uphold policy
HALIFAX – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer reiterated his pledge not to reopen the abortion debate,…
B.C. officials ask self-evacuees to return home
VICTORIA – Accommodations are reaching capacity in many communities across the province due to evacuees…
Digitization poised to disrupt central banking, too: Bank of Canada’s Poloz
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is recommending to his international policy-making peers…
Trans-Canada Highway closed near Golden
GOLDEN – A traffic incident has forced the closure of both lanes of the Trans-Canada…
Conservative members to vote on abortion, euthanasia policy resolutions
HALIFAX – Conservatives will be drawn into debates about abortion and assisted dying on the…
Fire half destroys a Kelowna woodworking shop
KELOWNA – A large fire destroyed about half of a woodworking building in Kelowna yesterday.…
Students spend summer digging up, preserving 300-year-old human remains
LOUISBOURG, N.S. – Young researchers are working against the clock to dig up 300-year-old human…
VIDEO: Former mayoral candidate still helping Kamloops on the sidelines
KAMLOOPS – A video is circulating on social media of a 2014 mayoral candidat picking…
Range of reactions to possible holiday to mark legacy of residential schools
The federal government's intention to enact a statutory holiday aimed at remembering the legacy of…
All eyes on Andrew Scheer as Conservative convention set for Halifax
OTTAWA – After a week of internal caucus squabbles, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will try…
TRENDING NOW: Purring bear cub
This one is best watched with the sound on. That baby bear's pur is so…
Smoke, air quality issues lead to scrapped triathlons in B.C.’s Central Okanagan
PENTICTON, B.C. – Heavy smoke and poor air quality due to wildfires burning throughout the…
‘It’s time for us to heal:’ Fredericton begins to move forward after shooting
FREDERICTON – The start of a new week marks a time for Fredericton to begin…
Canadians fear for relatives trapped amid flooding in Indian state of Kerala
In the wake of deadly flooding in the Indian state of Kerala, Canadians with ties…
‘Hard on water:’ Smoke not the only long-range effect of wildfires
Smoke isn't the only way wildfires affect people and places far from the flames. Researchers…
Community leader in Winnipeg blames Bernier tweet for vandalism in park
WINNIPEG – A leader in Winnipeg's Pakistani community says a city park whose name drew…
Kelowna airport cancellations wildfire related
KELOWNA – Several departures out of the Kelowna International Airport are cancelled today. The YLW…
Toronto man charged with assault in alleged attack on newspaper photographer
TORONTO – Police in Toronto have made an arrest in an alleged assault on a…
Fredericton police collect cards, flowers left at makeshift memorial
FREDERICTON – Police officers in Fredericton have collected the flowers and notes left in a…
Church-flipping: chapels reborn as cabarets, cheese plants and rock-star shrines
Night peering through the stained-glass windows, the dancer preens like a burlesque black swan at…
Evacuation alert rescinded for Gottfriedsen Mountain wildfire
The wildfire no longer threatens life and properties in the area. Yesterday afternoon the Thompson-Nicola…
Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
MECCA, Saudi Arabia – More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at…