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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
UPDATE: Mount Eneas burning at low intensity overnight
UPDATE- This morning B.C. Wildfire sent out an update that the Mount Eneas fire burning…
Spin yarn unspun: Research upends theory that Vikings taught Inuit fibre skills
New research is upending old assumptions about what the ancestors of today's Inuit learned from…
Recovery high schools could help teens before addiction takes hold: B.C. parents
VANCOUVER – Parents whose children started using drugs as teens and struggled through addiction to…
Air Force fighter intercepts plane near Trump golf course
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – A U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepted a small general aviation aircraft…
Police on wildfire duty use spike belt to nab auto theft suspect in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – Officers had to multitask yesterday while they were assigned to the Okanagan…
TASTE OF THE TOUR: Sheep stomachs and Roquefort in Millau
MENDE, France – The Tour de France travels through a region where the gastronomy is…
TRENDING NOW: Goats that hang out in trees
No this isn't an experimental theatre piece, and no goats don't grow on trees. Apparently…
VIDEO: Astronaut drops in on Kraftwerk gig, plays duet from space
BERLIN – Kraftwerk fans are used to hearing otherworldly tunes, but the German electronic music…
Survivors recount deadly Missouri duck boat sinking
BRANSON, Mo. – "Grab the baby!" Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her…
Quebec actor Edgar Fruitier charged with indecent assault against a minor
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Quebec actor Edgar Fruitier faces two charges of indecent assault against a…
HMCS St. John’s to return to Halifax after six-month deployment overseas
HALIFAX – The countdown is on for the homecoming of a Halifax-class navy ship and…
Residents of North Beach and Greata Ranch can go home
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen just released some good news for some local evacuees. The…
Montreal protesters urge Ottawa to halt Haiti deportations after travel advisory
MONTREAL – A Haitian asylum seeker who fled violence at home says he's worried about…
Pipeline protesters defy city-issued eviction order, say they’ll meet with officials
BURNABY, B.C. – Protesters at an anti-pipeline camp in Burnaby, B.C., say they will meet…
No place like home: “House church” founder says you don’t need a church to pray
MONCTON, N.B. – A New Brunswick man says he believes organized religion is moving in…
Cigarette packs with graphic images, blunt warnings are effective: focus groups
OTTAWA – One image shows a woman's torso with a cigarette being burned into her…
Morning update on Central Okanagan wildfires
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Some updates are in this morning. B.C. Wildfire Services confirmed Central Okanagan…
UPDATE: Mount Eneas wildfire up to 1,375 hectares, but ‘responding well’
SUMMERLAND – The District of Summerland has released an update. Residents may notice an increase…
Loblaw recalls No Name chicken nuggets due to possible Salmonella contamination
OTTAWA – Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling certain No Name brand Chicken Nuggets due to…
Okanagan is main area of concern for B.C. Wildfire
SUMMERLAND, B.C. – People living in nearly 1,000 homes have either been forced to evacuate…
Crews continue to battle Law Creek wildfire near West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The Law Creek wildfire burning six kilometres southwest of West Kelowna is…
UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna teen found
UPDATE: 10:23 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2018 WEST KELOWNA – RCMP say a missing 16-year-old…
Kushner tenants: We were pushed out for luxury condo buyers
NEW YORK – The hammering and drilling began just months after Jared Kushner's family real…
Canada faces ‘collateral damage’ in escalating U.S.-China trade war
OTTAWA – Grim scenarios of collateral damage for Canadian consumers and businesses are emerging in…