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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.
UPDATE: Chemical exposure closes spray park and pool in Lumby
Some of the public facilities closed due to a chemical exposure in Lumby this morning…
Suspect wanted in Kamloops armed robbery nabbed by police
A 30-year-old Kamloops man wanted by police for a mall robbery in April is now…
Crane operators ‘no different than pilots’: Experts say crane safety top-notch
HALIFAX – Structural engineering experts say that while the sight of yet another crumpled crane…
TRENDING NOW: Fleeing suspect hit by car and tossed into the air
A suspect trying to make a run for it after a police stop was sent…
Weeds aren’t all bad, but do need to be controlled
Eons ago, the first humans learned to drop seeds into the ground to grow plants…
Unwanted pets: Giant goldfish turn up in Minnesota waterways
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Officials in Minnesota said they’re finding more giant goldfish in waterways,…
Gen Z, millennials playing a significant part in the Great Resignation trend
TORONTO – As the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on over the past 16 months, Vanessa Staniforth…
More than 160 unmarked graves found at Vancouver Island residential school site: First Nation
CHEMAINUS, B.C. – Canadians need to make sure they don't become hardened to news about…
Right place, right time: Workers on way home put out North Okanagan grassfire
Two employees with a restoration company were on their way home from a job in…
Okanagan business to donate $7K worth of pizza to Kelowna’s Gospel Mission
If you’ve ever wondered what $7,500 worth of pizza looks like, wonder no more. Okanagan…
TRENDING NOW: Deadpool and Korg react to ‘Free Guy’
When you least expect it, Deadpool returns with a hilarious video clip and this time…
Sleeping driver in Kamloops awakened by officers, hits cop cars
Kamloops RCMP are investigating after a driver asleep at the wheel in a parked SUV…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located
UPDATE: 8:23 a.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021 RCMP say a missing 22-year-old Vernon woman has…
Multiple people dead after construction crane collapses in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. – The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says…
Tonnes of oil, diesel pumped from leaking B.C. shipwreck 53 years after sinking
VICTORIA – Tonnes of bulk fuel has been safely removed from a ship that sank…
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA – Canada will donate nearly 18 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to poorer…
How the word Okanagan came to be
nsyilxcen language speaker Marlene Squakin, who also goes by yaxma (cedar basket), says according to…
RCMP investigating drone flight that temporarily grounded wildfire air operations in Vernon
Helicopters and air tankers supporting firefighters on the ground in the battle against the Becker…
TRENDING NOW: The hilarious sinking of a pontoon boat
This video clip is from a few summers ago, but it's worth check out if…
B.C. buys 10 ha of rare grassland for South Okanagan protected area
B.C. Parks is spending $314,000 for 10 hectares of rare grassland near Okanagan Falls. The…
‘Dangerous behaviour’: North Okanagan RCMP looking into deliberately set wildfires in Lumby
Officers from the North Okanagan RCMP detachment have launched an “in-depth investigation” into several suspicious…
‘I shouldn’t have to beg for my life’: B.C. woman can’t afford treatment for painful disorder
On a warm Saturday afternoon in May, Madeline was watching her friend’s young daughter open…
Should DFO reel in sport fishing to help save salmon?
Conservation groups want Ottawa to dramatically curtail the recreational fishery as it did with the…
Lytton-area man’s home remains standing after fire; parents not as fortunate
Andrew Loring had no idea what was behind him as he drove home with groceries…