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Shelby Thevenot
Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.
Member of:
The Professional Writers Association of Canada
Quebec Writers Federation
English Language Arts Network
Woodlands survivors left out of previous settlement promised compensation
VANCOUVER – Speaking from the site where a notorious school and psychiatric facility used to…
Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 includes Canadian Steve Nash
SPRINGFIELD, United States – Canadian Steve Nash, Jason Kidd and Grant Hill are among the…
Judge dismisses case against social media after club rampage
DETROIT – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Facebook, Google and Twitter by…
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Walmart sorry for “confusion” over end of program for people with disabilities
MONTREAL – Walmart Canada is apologizing for the way it chose to end its involvement…
Court: Government can’t block immigrant teens from abortion
WASHINGTON – A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government…
State TV: 4 towns in Syria’s Ghouta cleared of rebels
BEIRUT – Another group of opposition fighters and their relatives left southern parts of eastern…
Tesla says vehicle in deadly crash was on Autopilot
NEW YORK – The vehicle in a fatal crash last week in California was operating…
Six months of #MeToo: Hopes are high for lasting impact
NEW YORK – Six months after bursting into the spotlight, the #MeToo movement has toppled…
Science Says: What we know about cancer risk and coffee
Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers in California, where a judge ruled that sellers must…
Hundreds line Cambridge streets to honour Stephen Hawking
LONDON – Hundreds of people lined the streets of the English city of Cambridge on…
Buzzkill? Coffee cancer warnings could go beyond California
LOS ANGELES – It's fair to say that a lot of people awoke Friday to…
RCMP seek suspect of hit and run in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS – A pedestrian was injured in a hit and run this week in the…
Walmart ends involvement in program for people with intellectual disabilities
MONTREAL – Walmart Canada has confirmed it is ending its involvement with a Quebec program…
Hundreds spend Easter weekend searching for missing boy swept away in current
Hundreds of people are spending their Easter long weekend searching for a missing boy from…
Anguished students take aim at gun laws, next election
Charlie Goodman looked at the massive crowd around him, the largest youth-led protest in Washington…
Illicit gun sales made to Canadians through dark web, Mounties warn
OTTAWA – Criminals are using the darker corners of the internet, hard-to-track digital currency and…
TRENDING NOW: Cat says “Yeah” to cat food like a prima donna
Have you ever heard a cat meow like this? Like a passionate yet hungry soprano…
Rick Santorum: Students should learn CPR, not seek gun laws
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says students who are rallying for gun control should instead…
Rare cholera outbreak on Vancouver Island: ‘We have not seen this before’
VANCOUVER – As many as four people have been infected with cholera in British Columbia,…
‘Human skills’ best way for workers to adjust to rise of the machines: study
OTTAWA – A year into its effort to help equip youth for the rapidly evolving…
Drug could be factor in murder-suicide involving former Afghan vet: friend
HALIFAX – A close friend of a former soldier who killed his girlfriend and then…
Win Butler says global success is hindering plans to be a Canadian citizen
VANCOUVER – Arcade Fire's Win Butler says he's holding out for his Canadian citizenship. After…
Experts call for transparency, oversight around how political parties mine data
OTTAWA – For years, Megan Boler's research focused on the power of social media as…