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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.
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Damage becoming clear amid historic flood: ‘Just a pile of rubbish there now’
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UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP locate missing teenager
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UPDATE: Emergency system fails first test in Quebec, hit and miss in Ontario
A glitch in the new national public alert system for mobile devices affected the entire…
Lava spewing from Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes
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‘Uber Rob’ becomes symbol of N.B. resilience as record floodwaters grow
FREDERICTON – Record floods have brought chaos to a large swath of southern New Brunswick…
VIDEO: Volcanic ‘curtain of fire’ sends people fleeing Hawaii homes
PAHOA, Hawaii – Nearly 1,500 people fled from their mountain-side homes after Hawaii's Kilauea volcano…
Evacuation alerts for more homes as officials monitor B.C. Interior flood threat
VANCOUVER – The organization that monitors river levels across British Columbia is warning of the…
Twitter discovers bug, urges users to change their passwords
TORONTO – Twitter Inc. is encouraging its 336 million users to change their passwords after…
Trudeau says pot will be legal this summer, despite calls for delay
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't backing down from his government's much-maligned timeline for…
New Brunswick flooding hits record levels — with more rain in the forecast
FREDERICTON – Floodwaters have surged past record levels in parts of New Brunswick, sending the…
Trump acknowledges he repaid lawyer for ‘Stormy’ hush money
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday he repaid his personal lawyer for hush money…
Leader Jagmeet Singh expels MP Weir from NDP caucus over harassment allegations
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Military cargo plane crashes in Georgia, killing 5
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Federal Conservative MP Gord Brown, 57, found dead in Parliament Hill office
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BACON SHOOTING TRIAL: Gangsters sentenced after pleading guilty to lesser charges
KELOWNA – The three men accused of gunning down gang leader Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna…
UPDATE: Westside Road north of West Kelowna reopens
WEST KELOWNA – A section of the road between West Kelowna and Vernon on the…
Special counsel team has floated idea of subpoena for Trump
WASHINGTON – The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of…
TRENDING NOW: Dolphin body slams paddle boarder
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Couple killed in ‘targeted’ homicide in Richmond: investigators
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