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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.
71-year-old woman hit by pickup in Vernon crosswalk
A 71-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck in a Vernon crosswalk Saturday night.…
Kamloops RCMP close street to execute search warrant
RCMP officers executing a search warrant at a home in Kamloops this morning have closed…
Vernon man house hunting after $500,000 lotto win
A Vernon man who won $500,000 playing the lottery plans to do some house hunting.…
Guns, drugs and cash seized during Kamloops traffic stop
An RCMP officer spotted a car with no front license plate last week in Kamloops…
Headliners announced for Kelowna’s Rock the Lake
This summer’s three-day rock festival outside Prospera Place in Kelowna has announced its headliners. Simple…
Vernon-area thief nabbed by RCMP in West Kelowna
RCMP have a theft suspect in custody after a chase Monday involving both a police…
Drugs, weapons, cash seized in crackdown on Kelowna street-level dealers
Over three days at the end of February, members of several Kelowna RCMP units cracked…
RCMP raids in Kelowna, West Kelowna part of crack down on property crime
Officers with a specialized property crime unit conducted raids in West Kelowna and Kelowna over…
‘Giving patients the option’: Home-based hospital care now available in Central Okanagan
Patients in the Central Okanagan now have access to a new program that will let…
West Kelowna cops hand out 33 tickets during distracted driving crack down
Officers with the West Kelowna RCMP traffic unit handed out a total of 33 tickets…
Kelowna man caught on CCTV abusing his dog facing animal abuse charge
A Kelowna man is facing animal cruelty charges following an investigation by the BC SPCA.…
Poilievre won’t apologize for taxpayers’ dollars spent on ‘vanity videos’
OTTAWA – Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won't apologize for using taxpayer dollars to produce YouTube videos of himself promoting the universal child care benefit.
Ottawa says two Canadians jailed in Cairo, Egypt have been released
CAIRO – Two Canadians held for seven weeks in an Egyptian prison in what they've described as brutal conditions have been freed, Canadian officials announced Saturday.
No word from Toronto’s Mayor Ford on libel notice served by reporter
TORONTO – Rob Ford is not commenting on a libel notice brought against him by a reporter who claims the Toronto mayor made remarks on TV that amounted to an accusation of pedophilia against him.
Phil Everly, part of pioneering rock ‘n’ roll duo with brother Don, dies at age 74
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – There is no more beautiful sound than the voices of siblings swirled together in high harmony, and when Phil and Don Everly combined their voices with songs about yearning, angst and loss, it changed the world.
Today on the Hill: Medical marijuana users to protest new pot regulations
OTTAWA – Medical marijuana users will be blowing off some steam in Ottawa today over restrictions on growing pot.
Canadian-made Ebola vaccine to start clinical trials in healthy humans
TORONTO – An experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine will begin a clinical trials Monday in what officials are calling a promising development in the fight against the deadly disease.
As oilpatch reporting season begins, crude price drop top of mind
CALGARY – The recent rout in oil prices will likely be top of mind for investors as Canada's top oilpatch players release their third-quarter results over the next few weeks.
‘You are so loved’: Ottawa lawyer describes trying to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo
OTTAWA – Lawyer Barbara Winters was headed to a meeting Wednesday near her office at the Canada Revenue Agency when she passed the National War Memorial, stopping to snap a few pictures of the two honour guards standing soberly at attention.
YouTube star Grace Helbig an introvert with 2 million fans and a new book
TORONTO – Grace Helbig says being an introvert can be an asset in the YouTube age.
Divers recover body of conductor in Quebec train derailment
SEPT-ILES, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a dive team has found the body of the conductor of a freight train whose lead locomotive plunged into a river.
As fall heads towards winter, it’s time to think about how not to fall
TORONTO – Deep in the bowels of a building on Toronto's hospital row, some scientists are taking the fall for you, Canada.
Mike Nichols, master crafter of films and a Tony Award winner has died at 83
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such film, TV and stage hits as "The Graduate," ''Angels in America" and "Monty Python's Spamalot," has died. He was 83.
Additional $200M announced for military mental health programs over 6 years
B.C. INTERIOR OPERATIONAL STRESS CLINIC IN KELOWNA