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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.
Kelowna traffic stopped in global die-in phenomenon
KELOWNA – If you were caught off guard last Friday when climate strikers opted for…
BC SPCA investigating Kelowna cat killing
GRAPHIC IMAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – Julie Grace Fidler was taking her usual route to work…
Kelowna man shot by police in high-stakes takedown sentenced to time served
KELOWNA – The Kelowna man who was shot by police at a CIBC parking lot…
Kelowna Mountie cleared of wrongdoing in crash with cyclist
KELOWNA – An investigation into a crash between an off-duty Mountie and cyclist last May…
If a Costco gas bar comes to Kelowna, prices will come down: expert
KELOWNA – Drivers may get some relief at the pump if plans for the new…
Penticton Mounties on the hunt for alleged carjacker
PENTICTON – A carjacking incident on East Side Road in Penticton has prompted a manhunt.…
Rainbow crosswalk plan paused in Peachland for political conversation
PEACHLAND – Plans for one small Okanagan town to get rainbow crosswalk were put on…
Kelowna-Lake Country MP’s signs hit with ‘brownface’ vandalism
KELOWNA – It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “brownface” scandal to cast…
Proposed new Kelowna Costco site on Bennett land valued at $16 million
KELOWNA – It could be anywhere from three months to a year before the proposal…
More seniors and addicts being seen by Okanagan outreach workers
KELOWNA – When Clary Lausnes and her husband started All Are Family unofficially five years…
One of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue’s last skates to be in Penticton
PENTICTON – One of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue’s final skates together will happen at…
Plans for new Kelowna Costco and gas bar revealed
KELOWNA – Plans for a new Costco are coming together and, despite reports to the…
Sentence ‘surprised’ Kelowna family killer, no consolation to victims’ loved ones
KELOWNA – Knowing that the man who killed her sister and two young nieces won’t…
UPDATE: Kelowna man sentenced for planned murder of daughters hours after killing their mother
CONTENT ADVISORY UPDATE: FORMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITH NO PAROLE FOR 35 YEARS KELOWNA…
Survey says: Housing prices took a drop, most notably in Vernon, Kelowna
KELOWNA – The price-per-square-foot of properties in Kelowna and Vernon took a surprising turn for the…
B.C.’s RCMP watchdog called in for police involved shooting in West Kelowna
KELOWNA – B.C.'s RCMP watchdog has been called in for a police-involved shooting in West…
Election 2019: Will Kelowna-Lake Country be history making or repeating?
You'll find all of our election coverage for the Kelowna Lake Country riding in one…
Remembering Clara: Family of slain Kelowna woman and children moving on in wake of killer’s guilty plea
KELOWNA – When Jacob Forman is sentenced for the 2017 murders of his wife and…
Have you seen these sparklers? They were lost on an Okanagan vacation
KELOWNA – If you happened upon some sparkly earrings in recent months, you may want…
Happy ending for malnourished horse seized from North Okanagan farm
Senko, the youngest in a group of 42 neglected horses seized from an Irish Creek…
Look mom, no hands: Kelowna woman ticketed for driving with bowl in one hand, chopsticks in the other
KELOWNA – With a bowl in her left hand, holding chopsticks in her right, Corinne…
Kelowna buses are full, passengers frustrated and drivers are taking the heat: Union local president
KELOWNA – Word that the Central Okanagan transit expansion wasn’t going to happen didn’t just…
Kelowna road sign goes viral … again
KELOWNA – Noel Wentworth’s tongue in cheek approach to marketing is a welcome mood lightener…
Medically assisted deaths account for 1.5 % of all deaths in B.C. Interior
KELOWNA – Between Jan. 1, 2016 and June 30 of this year, there were 427…