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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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Feds propose making some employers offer menstrual products for free at work
OTTAWA – Workers in federally regulated workplaces may soon find free menstrual products under a…
Marineland, Vancouver Aquarium shipping beluga whales out of the country
Two major Canadian tourist attractions are sending beluga whales outside the country as a new…
Federal carbon tax ruled constitutional; Ottawa pressures premiers to get on board
REGINA – The federal government used a favourable court decision on its carbon tax Friday…
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Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
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Canadian military unfazed by ‘fishy’ beluga whale suspected of spying for Russia
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Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca in the ‘Star Wars’ films, dies at 74
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Police killed both man and woman in B.C. hostage-taking in March: investigators
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia's police oversight agency says both a man and a woman…
North Okanagan RCMP nab violent suspect wanted on warrant
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B.C. Appeal Court says American Indigenous man has right to hunt in Canada
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