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: 15689

September 17 2018 02:02 PM

UPDATE: Trade, economic concerns come to fore as Ontario MP ditches Liberals for Tories

OTTAWA – The Trudeau Liberals' handling of trade issues came into sharp focus Monday when…

September 17 2018 11:43 AM

UPDATE: Overnight sitting helps Ontario government get closer to passing council-cutting bill

TORONTO – A rare overnight session at the Ontario legislature that saw protesters and politicians…

September 17 2018 10:30 AM

iN VIDEO: Florence flooding spreads as storm heads northeast

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Emergency workers delivered truckloads of food and water to Wilmington, a city…

September 14 2018 09:00 PM

Manafort pleads guilty, will co-operate with special counsel

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to co-operate with…

September 14 2018 11:40 AM

Maverick MP Maxime Bernier launches new party as The People’s Party of Canada

OTTAWA – Quebec MP Maxime Bernier is calling his new political venture The People's Party…

September 14 2018 10:30 AM

Monster typhoon barrels closer to north Philippines, China

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines – Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength, gained speed and shifted slightly toward…

September 14 2018 10:04 AM

UPDATE: Ghomeshi reflects on fallout from trial in The New York Review of Books

TORONTO – Disgraced former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi has penned a personal essay in…

September 14 2018 09:15 AM

VIDEO: ‘Uninvited brute’: Hurricane Florence pounds the Carolinas

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds…

September 14 2018 07:30 AM

City of Kelowna forgoes more than $2 million in property taxes

KELOWNA – Not everyone pays property taxes in Kelowna. Kelowna city council will be asked…

September 13 2018 04:00 PM

Kelowna to earn more than $1 million from expanded fire dispatch service

KELOWNA – Kelowna city council will likely adopt an agreement Monday to start providing fire…

September 13 2018 03:31 PM

Capri development plan going to Kelowna city council Monday

KELOWNA – The controversial plan to dramatically redevelop the Capri-Landmark area could be endorsed by…

September 13, 2018 03:04 PM

CORRECTION: Household recycling costs not on the rise in Central Okanagan

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our story yesterday incorrectly reported that the cost of recycling is going up…

September 13 2018 11:30 AM

Wind and rain from Florence’s leading edge lash Carolinas

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still…

September 13 2018 10:30 AM

Weather statements posted on some B.C. Interior highways as cold front chases summer out

VANCOUVER – Fall is still more than a week away but drivers on British Columbia's…

September 12 2018 01:30 PM

All of Canada cheering for Humboldt Broncos as they return to the ice: Trudeau

HUMBOLDT, Sask. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all of Canada will be cheering for…

September 12 2018 12:00 PM

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Predator’ outstays its welcome on Earth

Predators are personal for Shane Black. He was hacked apart by one of the fearsome…

September 12 2018 11:30 AM

Quebec man doing well as doctors rejoice at first Canadian face transplant

MONTREAL – In a Canadian medical first, surgeons at Montreal's Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital announced Wednesday they'd…

September 12 2018 11:08 AM

Longtime North Okanagan regional district director calling it quits

VERNON – A health issue has forced three term North Okanagan Regional District director Mike…

September 12 2018 10:30 AM

‘Don’t play games with it’: Hurricane Florence takes aim at Carolinas

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Communities along the Carolina coast buttoned up against the onslaught of Hurricane…

September 12 2018 08:30 AM

Impact of diluted bitumen on young sockeye salmon deadly, says University of Guelph study

VICTORIA – A spill of diluted bitumen puts the survival of young salmon at risk…