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

July 06 2018 08:30 AM

Economy adds 31,800 jobs in June, unemployment rate rises to 6.0%

OTTAWA – A healthy gain of 31,800 jobs last month wasn't enough to keep the…

July 05 2018 07:00 AM

WestJet reviewing baggage policy after customer calls it discriminatory

TORONTO – WestJet says it is reviewing its baggage policy after a customer complained that…

July 04 2018 08:00 PM

Defending champ Joey Chestnut sets July Fourth record with 74 hot dogs

NEW YORK – Joey "Jaws" Chestnut extended his reign as champion eater at the Nathan's…

July 04 2018 06:30 PM

Former Olympic rower gets 13-month jail sentence for fraud after pleading guilty

VICTORIA – A former Olympic rower who mysteriously disappeared for nearly 18 months has been…

July 04 2018 04:30 PM

B.C. Premier John Horgan says ‘gouging’ to blame for higher gas prices, not taxes

VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says price gouging, not higher taxes, is responsible for skyrocketing…

July 04 2018 03:46 PM

UPDATE: RCMP to use helicopter to recover bodies of 3 hikers in challenging B.C. terrain

SQUAMISH, B.C. – Police will use a helicopter to extract the bodies of three hikers…

July 04 2018 02:32 PM

VIDEO: Another mystery illness rocks England after spy’s poisoning

AMESBURY, England – Four months after a quiet corner of England was plunged into a…

July 04 2018 01:00 PM

VIDEO: Warm in blankets, Thai boys smile, joke with rescuer in cave

MAE SAI, Thailand – Their skinny faces illuminated by a flashlight, the Thai soccer teammates…

July 04 2018 12:51 PM

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The First Purge’ is depressingly prescient

OPINION This Fourth of July, we've got a chance to celebrate America's birth in…

July 04 2018 11:30 AM

Over a dozen deaths in Quebec attributed to heat

As many as 16 people have died in Quebec from complications related to the extended…

July 04 2018 09:30 AM

Handful boycotting Ottawa July 4th party in protest of Trump policies

OTTAWA – A cosier, more modest Fourth of July party than usual is scheduled for…

July 03 2018 09:30 AM

Thai official: Boys may have to dive from cave despite peril

MAE SAI, Thailand – A top Thai official said Tuesday that heavy rains forecast for…

June 29 2018 10:56 AM

Police raid impacts Okanagan drug trafficking ring

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP raided a home in Lake Country last week seizing a variety…

June 29 2018 10:09 AM

Penticton city councillor seeking federal Conservative nomination

PENTICTON – Helena Konanz wants to win the local Conservative Party of Canada nomination in…

June 29 2018 09:30 AM

Suspect in Maryland newspaper rampage charged with murder

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A man with a long grudge against Maryland's capital-city newspaper was charged…

June 29 2018 08:30 AM

Search on from Merritt to Hope for missing Cessna with 2 people aboard

VICTORIA – Searchers are looking for a small aircraft with two people on board that…

June 28 2018 04:59 PM

UPDATE: 5 dead, others wounded at Maryland newspaper shooting

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A gunman opened fire at a newspaper office in Annapolis on Thursday,…

June 28 2018 02:30 PM

Union launches ‘I Shop Canada’ campaign to counter U.S. trade moves

A consumer boycott of American-made products and services is gathering steam as Canada counts down…

June 28 2018 11:22 AM

Cool, wet weather expected for Canada Day long weekend in Okanagan

OKANAGAN – Your chance of getting a sunburn this Canada Day long weekend in the…

June 28 2018 11:18 AM

No sunshine expected for Canada Day long weekend in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – In a word, the weather this Canada Day long weekend will likely be…