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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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Leadership race or no, Tories will hold Liberal government to account: Scheer
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Mass coronavirus quarantines seen in China won’t happen in Canada: authorities
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Highway 1 reopens east of Chase following small avalanche
A small avalanche today closed the Trans-Canada east of Chase for several hours. DriveBC said…
People knowingly take fentanyl so make policy changes to reduce harm: B.C. study
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Ride-hailing begins in Metro Vancouver as Uber, Lyft launch service
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Earthquake strikes off the coast of Vancouver Island near Ucluelet
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Newfoundland seeking financial help as municipalities recover from blizzard
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. – One week after a record-breaking blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland, businesses in…
Chicago woman is 2nd US patient with new virus from China
WASHINGTON – A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the dangerous…
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid…
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National data suggests clinics and hospitals performing fewer abortions
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`Sopranos’ actress says Weinstein raped her in the mid-1990s
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Victoria disappointed by high court refusal to hear plastic bag bylaw appeal
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Risk to Canadians of Chinese coronavirus low, health minister says
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Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland
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UPDATE: WHO says viral illness in China is not yet a global health emergency
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