Howard Alexander

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business. Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan. He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home. If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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  • Joined: June 03, 2013
  • Articles: 22882

UPDATE: 18 year old victim killed in conveyor belt at Tolko mill

UPDATE: 4:35 p.m. June  A member of a clean-up crew at the the Tolko planer mill in Lavington became entangled in a conveyer belt. In a statement released this afternoon, Tolko president and CEO Brad Thorlakson says Bradley Haslam, 18, was discovered by the shift supervisor, who freed him from the equipment. He goes on...

UPDATE: Kelowna girl found

UPDATE: 9 a.m. June 18, 2013 Hayley Blair, 15, who was reported missing from her home in the 700 block of Hollydell Road yesterday has been found. 2:05 p.m. June 17, 2013 Kelowna RCMP are hoping you've seen Hayley Blair. The 15 year old girl went missing from her home in the 700 block of...

Vancouver tourists take unexpected dip in Shuswap River

Two people from Vancouver avoided hypothermia after tipping their canoe in the Shuswap River in Enderby on the weekend. Vernon RCMP say the pair ended up in the swift, high water when their canoe overturned Saturday, June 15 at around 3:15 p.m. They were trapped on the east side of the river in an inlet....

Strange but beautiful halo on the sun

A strange phenomenon in the south Okanagan sky Saturday afternoon. So strange, that people started taking pictures of the sun with their mobile phones and sending those pictures out into the world on Twitter. It was what some called a rainbow around the sun. Others referred to the atmospheric anomaly as sun dogs. "Just looked...

RCMP using lasers to catch speeding drivers

North Okanagan Traffic Services were busy handing out tickets on Highway 97 between Vernon and Kelowna Friday afternoon. The officers were out with their Lazer Speed equipment near Crystal Waters Road. For the third Friday in a row, the RCMP impounded drivers' vehicles for excessive speed. This time two drivers were caught. One was going...

RCMP on hunt for hit and run driver

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP need your help to find the driver involved in a hit and run early Sunday morning. Investigators are looking for witnesses to the crash at Columbia Street and Summit Drive around 5:20 a.m. "A Nissan Sentra was travelling in the left hand turn lane and turned left onto Summit off...

Vernon Father’s Day fun

Looking for ideas about what to do with Dad on Father's Day? Here are some of the events happening in and around Vernon catering to fathers... or events that Dad would enjoy. One of the most popular Vernon Father's Day event is the Wings and Wheels show at the Vernon Airport organized by the Rotary...

Open burning ban now in effect

KELOWNA - It's an effort to stop human caused wildfires and to protect you from losing your property... or your life. As of noon on Saturday, June 15th, an opening burning is in effect for the entire Kamloops Fire Centre. The Kamloops Fire Centre covers the Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Clearwater, Merritt and Lillooet...

Walmart ducklings hatch

The duckings have left the nest. The six mallard ducks that hatched at the Vernon Walmart's garden centre are back in the wild. The mother duck laid the eggs on a shelf of plants in the outdoor area back in early May. The garden centre department manager Shirley Curzon said the duck made a memorable...

UPDATE: No description of suspect from West Kelowna sex assault

Police still have no description of the man who attacked a young girl in West Kelowna on Saturday UPDATE: 9:30 a.m. June 10 A unidentified male suspect who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in her Glenrosa neighborhood is still at large. Police say they do not have a description of the suspect at this time, but...

Mystery Shopper scam making the rounds in the Central Okanagan

LAKE COUNTRY - It pays to be skeptical in this day and age. It definitely paid off for a Lake Country woman who received a cheque in the mail for close to $4,000 and avoided becoming a fraud victim. It was her advance payment as a "mystery shopper." The letter that accompanied the unsolicited cheque...

Elderly couple escape fire

A rude awakening in Kamloops… smoke and flames. Fire investigators will be back on the scene Monday of a house fire in the Barnhartvale neighbourhood of Kamloops. Early Saturday morning around 3:15 a.m., Kamloops Fire Rescue were called to the home at 1264 Bel Air Drive. When crews arrived, smoke and flames were billowing out...

Sinking boat abandoned in South Thompson river

KAMLOOPS - Their boat was sinking so fast, they didn't even have time to throw on their life jackets. Kamloops RCMP tell InfoTel News, four people and a dog leapt overboard when their boat started going down in the South Thompson river in Kamloops late Saturday afternoon. Struggling in the swift current and high river...