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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.
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Free sunscreen stations coming to a Kelowna beach near you
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Mother sues Kelowna RCMP seeking investigation into her sons’ deaths
KELOWNA – The mother of two teens who died by suicide is taking the Kelowna…
West Kelowna fentanyl dealer faces 10 year sentence
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Victoria’s plastic bag ban quashed by Court of Appeal
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RCMP looking for West Kelowna man charged with assault
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Former prime minister Chretien hospitalized in Hong Kong with a kidney stone
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Speed and alcohol impairment factors behind fiery Tesla crash
KELOWNA – Speed and alcohol impairment, not mechanical failure, are to blame for a fatal…
Multiple car fires in Rutland now considered arson
KELOWNA – A pair of suspicious car fires were sparked just days apart outside the…
Kelowna teens swarmed by RCMP after playing with replica guns
KELOWNA – Reports of a group of teens walking through Kelowna with a replica handgun…
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89
DALLAS – H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood…
Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper to speak at Kelowna event
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West Kelowna cannabis shop fought the law and the law won
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Remembering Eli: Dad of slain Kelowna teen plans memorials for friends and family to gather
KELOWNA -It’s been a week since Kelowna teen Elijah Beauregard was fatally stabbed in the…
Kelowna low income housing preserved despite devastating fire
KELOWNA – When nine units of the Walnut Grove Motel burned to the ground two…
Lake Country woman rattled by slithering visitor
LAKE COUNTRY – Stacey McKee’s dogs were barking like crazy yesterday morning, and she’d had…
U.S. wildfire south of Osoyoos now in mop up phase
OSOYOOS – The Swanson Mill Fire in Okanogan County, which is 20 kilometres south of…
Owner of property dumped in Lake Country comes forward
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Former Blazer involved in beach baby snatch intends to enter a plea
KELOWNA – The former hockey player who allegedly grabbed a baby from its mother at…
Fire south of Osoyoos grows
OSOYOOS -The Swanson Mill Fire in Okanogan County, which is 20 kilometres south of Osoyoos…
Kelowna mom looks to save others from the loss she suffered with Morgan’s Mole patrol
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