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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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International students worry about pandemic as decisions loom on travel to Canada
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Watch the first launch of NASA astronauts on a commercial spacecraft
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Kelowna man arrested, charged with Alberta murder
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Decriminalization of illicit drugs on Dr. Bonnie Henry’s radar
B.C.’s provincial health officer will continue to lobby for the decriminalization of illicit drugs, as…
More COVID-19 restrictions on B.C.’s farmers markets lifted
B.C.’s farmers’ markets are inching closer to having all the offerings they had before COVID-19…
Kelowna coffee roastery sends Canoe brand down the river and welcomes new identity
Kelowna’s Canoe Coffee Roasters is about to fade into history while a new and exciting…
Enderby’s Starlight drive-in gets go-ahead for concession
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Playgrounds opening across the Okanagan June 1
Playgrounds across the Okanagan will shed their yellow tape and COVID-19 barriers and go back…
Fire hydrant an obstacle for West Kelowna driver
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Alleged Kelowna hamster torturer returns to court in August
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No overnight camps for kids in B.C. this summer: Dr. Bonnie Henry
If you were planning to put your children in overnight summer camps, you may want…
B.C. teacher gets three day suspension for long list of ‘racist’ and inappropriate comments
A B.C. teacher who told his students they could end up in "Loser Langara" if…
No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C.; 11 new cases
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RCMP seize firearms from Kelowna home
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Body of missing Kelowna woman found
The body of a Kelowna woman who had been the subject of a missing person…
Mother asks for clues to son’s whereabouts 31 years after his Kelowna disappearance
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