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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.
UK’s Boris Johnson denies wrongdoing as allegations mount
MANCHESTER, England – U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced political opposition and personal allegations Monday…
Giuliani faces subpoena for documents in impeachment probe
WASHINGTON – House Democrats subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for documents on Monday…
Planned burns in Merritt area may produce visible smoke
MERRITT – You might see some smoke rising from pile burns in the Merritt area…
Names of children who died in residential schools released in sombre ceremony
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Republicans split over impeachment pushback as Democrats plow ahead
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UPDATE: Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Laundromat’ is a messy and derivative flick
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Canadian youth take calls from drastic climate action to the streets today
OTTAWA – The 16-year-old Swedish activist who started the global climate protest movement, pushing thousands…
TRENDING NOW: This is not the way to unload a rail car
LANGUAGE ADVISORY A group of workers using a series of forklifts working in tandem to…
UPDATE: Power back in Vernon and Coldstream following a day of outages
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iN VIDEO: Charges laid in homicide of pregnant Kamloops mom, Angel Fehr
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‘This is our future’: Indigenous teen returns to UN to call for water protection
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The playful rivalry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone is adorable, in a macho senior…
SUZUKI: Tackling climate change means purging privilege from politics
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iN VIDEO: Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed Ukraine's president to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden,…
iN VIDEO: Trump prodded Ukraine leader to investigate Bidens: memos
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with the U.S.…
Logging truck convoy drives home message about dire state of B.C. forest industry
MERRITT, B.C. – A convoy of as many as 200 logging trucks is to arrive…
TRENDING NOW: Firetruck topples arriving for car fire demonstration
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Pilot dies in helicopter crash on Vancouver Island.; artist Bill Henderson narrowly missed
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