Phil Melnychuk joins the Delta Optimist and Glacier Media after gaining experience at several community newspapers. His most recent job posting involved a position as city and provincial affairs reporter with the Maple Ridge News. Before that, he worked as […]

Nich Johansen is a graduate of Langara College’s journalism program. A native of Maple Ridge, he spent four years in Kelowna at UBC Okanagan, graduating with an Environmental Science degree. He fell in love with the Okanagan during this time, […]

Sara is an editor, journalist, copywriter, literary agent, content strategist, and storytelling consultant based in Vancouver, BC.

Indigo is a reporter for The Squamish Chief with a passion for sharing stories. Hailing from across the seas, she got her start in journalism in Western Australia where she covered courts and crime, breaking news and arts and entertainment. […]

Cindy has more than 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism. She started her career in Smithers, with stops in Nelson and Prince George, before moving to Alberta, where she covered everything from the Pine Lake Tornado to the Calgary […]

Casey Richardson holds a bachelor of communication with a journalism major from Mount Royal University. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she spent years visiting the Okanagan and is excited to have settled in wine country back in 2020. She does keep […]

Chelsea Powrie is a graduate of Langara College’s journalism program in Vancouver. She moved to the South Okanagan in 2017 and has never looked back. As Castanet’s South Okanagan news director, she is passionate about ensuring the region’s communities see […]

Rob Gibson is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster with a background in television, radio, print and online media. He came to Castanet in 2018 after working in Northern Ontario, Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary, Victoria and now Kelowna. Rob grew up in […]

Darron Kloster has been an editor, reporter and feature writer for the Times Colonist for 34 years and has worked in the industry for four decades covering everything from sports and business to municipal and provincial politics and breaking news. […]

Chelsey Mutter holds a bachelor of communication with journalism major, from Mount Royal University. After graduation she worked with CBC Calgary in both TV and radio. She’d fallen in love with video journalism during her time at Southampton Solent University […]