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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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Mounties looking for Armstrong fire starter
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185 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 113 in Interior Health
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COVID-19 outbreak declared in Central Okanagan, masking ordered for all indoor spaces
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Okanagan farmers seeing losses in apple crops following heat wave
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U.K. excludes Canadian travellers from new exception to quarantine measures
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B.C. Wildfire ‘feeling good’ about Brenda Creek fire
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