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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
‘Largest detention ever:’ Canadians seize eel meat in 92-country wildlife sting
OTTAWA – An undistinguished shipping container in the Port of Vancouver turned into one of…
B.C. Appeal Court rules lottery winner must be paid back $600,000 loan
VANCOUVER – A dispute over whether $600,000 was a loan or a gift from a…
In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation
WASHINGTON – Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order…
Meat 2.0? Clean meat? Spat shows the power of food wording
NEW YORK – If meat is grown in a lab without slaughtering animals, what should…
B.C. author Jennifer Craig recovering after stroke disrupts award win
NELSON, B.C. – Celebrated humorist Jennifer Craig was recovering in a B.C. hospital Tuesday, a…
Five B.C. families stuck in Japan as Canada refuses visas for adopted babies
VANCOUVER – Ryan Hoag spent his first Father's Day separated from his wife and baby…
Commons committee calls on Liberals to subject parties to privacy laws
OTTAWA – A committee of MPs is calling on the federal government to make political…
Canadians at risk of being ‘data cows’ absent big data strategy, documents show
OTTAWA – Artificial intelligence could give internet giants like Facebook and Amazon even more power…
TRENDING NOW: This guy has a suit that allows him to fly
Just a man flying around in a hover suit. Pretty impressive. And that music is…
Trump raises risk of economically harmful US-China trade war
WASHINGTON – The United States and China edged closer Tuesday to triggering the riskiest trade…
Excessive speed, alcohol play role in Kelowna car crash
KELOWNA – RCMP are trying to figure out which of the three people in a…
Gunfire during robbery in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two armed men robbed a downtown Kelowna business at gunpoint yesterday afternoon. RCMP…
Kelowna airport adds new direct flights to Mexico
KELOWNA – Those looking for a winter escape can rejoice with new flights to Mexico…
Cheers erupt as Federal Court judge approves historic gay purge settlement
OTTAWA – A federal judge has approved a landmark deal to compensate members of the…
Trudeau says he won’t ‘play politics’ on U.S. migrant children policy
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will not "play politics" over immigration policies…
TRENDING NOW: Summer has come ‘At Last’
With the heat wave and the end of school right around the corner, we thought…
Kookies for Khloe Kardashian: Manitoba cookie company gets custom order
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba cookie company is receiving praise from Khloe Kardashian for custom creations…
BreakOut West announces performers for Kelowna festival
KELOWNA – The 16th annual music festival BreakOut West has announced the first wave of artists…
Thousands hold gay pride march in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv
MOSCOW – Several thousand gay pride supporters have held a march in Ukraine's capital that…
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
MCALLEN, Texas – Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in…
TRENDING NOW: Pranking seagulls
Seagulls and humankind have some things in common. Like how both of our species loves…
Ramifications of a trade war: an expert look at the numbers for Canada
OTTAWA – A new analysis of escalating trade disputes involving the United States warns that…
Police suspect fire at mosque in Alberta town was deliberately set
EDSON, Alta. – RCMP in Alberta say they're investigating an arson at a mosque in…
Deliberate spill: study launched to test crude and bitumen impact on lake life
KENORA, Ont. – Researchers were in northwestern Ontario over the weekend spilling diluted oilsands bitumen…