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Kathy Michaels
Kathy Michaels has been an Okanagan-based journalist for more than a decade, working for community papers along the valley and beyond.
She’s won provincial and national awards in business, news and feature writing and says that her love for telling a good story rivals only her fondness for turning a good phrase.
If you have a story that deserves to be told in a thoughtful and compassionate manner, don’t hesitate to reach out.
To reach Kathy call 250-718-0428 or email kmichaels@infonews.ca.
‘Convenient ignorance:’ Canadians’ knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking
TORONTO – Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried…
Trudeau’s comments ‘unfair’ about Church and residential schools: Toronto archbishop
TORONTO – The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning…
Trudeau’s acknowledgment of Indigenous genocide could have legal impacts: experts
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's acceptance of an inquiry's finding that Canada committed genocide…
D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic
CARENTAN, France (AP) — In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early…
Pope, Canadian Cardinals meet amid calls for church to act on residential schools
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis met today with two Canadian Cardinals as pressure mounts for…
Canada may see more ‘zombie fires’ as climate warms and winters shorten: experts
VANCOUVER – Blazes that continue to burn through the winter in Canada were once thought…
Woman missing after being swept away in river near Keremeos
A search is now underway for a woman who drove off the roadway near Keremeos…
Lake Country woman’s drowning death gets closer attention in civil suit alleging RCMP wrongdoing
Family members of a Lake Country woman who died in 2016 under suspicious circumstances filed…
194 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 33 in Interior Health
For the second day in a row, the number of new cases of COVID-19 has…
Humbled and humiliated former Kelowna cop pleads guilty to breach of trust
A former Kelowna cop with a propensity for sending sexually explicit texts to vulnerable women…
New COVID-19 cases fall below 200 in B.C.; only 19 in Interior Health
B.C. health officials reported 184 new cases of COVID-19 today, including 19 within the Interior…
Kelowna mayor collected more than $31K to boost social media and profile before election campaign
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran collected $31,200 in the year before the official run-up to the…
Drug overdose deaths in Kamloops, Kelowna continue to rise at unprecedented rate
Illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. In the…
Kamloops firefighter’s body recovered from Okanagan Lake
The body of the Kamloops firefighter who never surfaced from a recreational dive in Okanagan…
Mother continues 32-year search from afar for son who went missing in Kelowna
Charles Horvath Allan’s story has been told countless times since his disappearance from Kelowna 32…
Nearly 70% of adults in B.C. have had their first jab
A majority of adults in B.C. have now had a COVID-19 vaccine, the province’s top…
‘We are all implicated in this tragedy,’ B.C.’s top doctor says of unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school
B.C.'s top doctor called for justice and renewed commitment to reconciliation, in the wake of…
Salmon Arm man arrested and baseball bat seized after gun threat call
For striking someone with a baseball bat a Salmon Arm man was arrested and now…
Alberta child abduction investigation reaches positive resolution in Salmon Arm
Salmon Arm Mounties were able to put a possible abduction case to a swift and…
COVID-19 2nd dose clinics being planned throughout Thompson-Okanagan
COVID-19 dose two clinics are being planned throughout the Interior Health region, which will allow…
Kelowna RCMP seek help finding suspect in suspicious death
The Kelowna RCMP is seeking assistance in locating a suspect in a suspicious death investigation.…
5 things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO – Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming…
Kamloops woman recalls how family was fractured by residential school system
When Laurine Vilac was just six years old she was dropped off at a residential…
Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID
Canadians are in no rush to head back to the office even as COVID-19 cases…