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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
CRA scammer turns ugly after calling a Kelowna cop
KELOWNA – A Mountie became the target of one of those Canada Revenue Agency scammers…
Queen picks Prince Charles to follow her as Commonwealth head
LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and…
Police officer injured in Kelowna hit-and-run
KELOWNA – RCMP have a suspect in custody after a driver hit a Kelowna police…
Wanted man arrested after car chase in Kelowna
KELOWNA – RCMP have arrested a wanted man who hit a police car and flipped…
Canada’s Christine Girard confirmed Olympic weightlifting champion by IOC
Christine Girard is reconnecting with the version of herself who lifted twice her body weight…
2 black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police
PHILADELPHIA – Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he…
Shortage of EpiPens to treat severe allergic reactions has consumers concerned
TORONTO – Pauline Osena knows how crucial it is to have EpiPens close at hand…
B.C. to spend $1.9 billion to help build rental housing over the next decade
VICTORIA – British Columbia's government is investing $1.9 billion over the next 10 years to…
TRENDING NOW: The 2018 U.K. wife-carrying championships
How about a race where participants run on wet grass, jump over hay-bail hurdles, and…
Designers lining up to dress Canadian teen headed to royal wedding
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – A 15-year-old Ontario girl who scored an invitation to Prince Harry and…
Website pulls Humboldt T-shirt after Halifax cartoonist complains
HALIFAX – An Australian website has stopped selling a T-shirt featuring a misappropriated Halifax newspaper…
Flood preparations underway in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The installation is a flood prevention measure and will require the closing…
How to see the Lyrid meteor shower from the Interior
You can catch a meteor shower by looking up at the night sky before dawn…
Death of the password? New web standard trades passcodes for biometrics
The death of the password could be upon us. A new security standard recently endorsed…
Legally blind Kelowna woman wins gold at martial arts competition in Kamloops
KELOWNA – A Kelowna woman, who is legally blind, won the gold medal at the…
‘Leads to a mismatch:’ Climate change may be putting natural world out of synch
Mother Nature is losing her timing. A major study has concluded that the delicately choreographed…
TRENDING NOW: Two guys rock the #WiiChallenge in the kitchen
#WiiChallenge is a social media trend where people post videos of themselves dancing to the…
Canada, France promise to double down on climate-change fight amid U.S. inaction
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron, long billed as kindred…
Tour of ancient Indigenous village offers unique B.C. vacation opportunity
BAMFIELD, B.C. – Surrounded by old-growth rainforest against the rocky shoreline on the southwest edge…
B.C. rejects Trudeau’s claim it’s been silent on Trans Mountain demands
OTTAWA – The British Columbia government is denying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that it…
Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man guilty of gun charge
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young…
Dozens of neglected dogs surrendered to SPCA on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA – The B.C. SPCA is caring for dozens of neglected dogs surrendered by a…
Starbucks CEO hopes to meet with men arrested in Philly shop
PHILADELPHIA – The CEO of Starbucks arrived in Philadelphia hoping to meet with two black…
Annual ‘jail and bail’ fundraiser is back in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Some Kelowna residents may be temporarily behind bars this week to support a…