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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.
BC secures largest civil forfeiture of its kind at $10M
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says its civil forfeiture office has secured $10 million…
Thief steals snowmobile, ATV from locked compound in North Okanagan
A business in the North Okanagan lost some valuable property to a thief last month…
Canada records fastest population growth since 1957
OTTAWA – Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the…
Celine Dion has lost control of her muscles due to illness, says her sister
Celine Dion's sister says the Grammy Award-winning singer is facing further challenges as she continues…
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre voted CP’s 2023 Newsmaker of the Year
OTTAWA – An anxious electorate, a new look and a bite out of Liberal polling…
Canopy Growth sells This Works skin care brand to U.K. investment firm
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. – Canopy Growth Corp. says it has sold its This Works skin…
Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it’s going through a reckoning
NEW YORK (AP) — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines…
1 in 4 Canadians fear income won’t cover basic needs: Salvation Army poll
TORONTO – A new survey suggests one in four Canadians are extremely concerned about having…
RCMP investigating death of man and his dog near Kamloops
The body of a man in his 50s and his dog were found in a…
Police catch up with dangerously driven stolen pickup in Kamloops
A Kamloops elementary school was locked down this afternoon as police chased down suspected truck…
Drug dealers busted during Lake Country traffic stop
A pair of drug dealers lost their stash and their cash after they were pulled…
UPDATE: Missing Penticton man located
UPDATE: Dec. 20, 2023 RCMP say a missing 30-year-old Penticton man has been located and…
YouTube mom who gave parenting advice pleads guilty in child abuse case
A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to…
Here’s what you need to know about deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes
Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10…
Tim Hortons to revive beloved dutchie, other favourites to mark 60th anniversary
TORONTO – For roughly two decades, Canadians have been telling Tim Hortons something's missing from…
Hundreds across BC felt 4.9 magnitude quake
VICTORIA – Earthquakes Canada says a 4.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded Sunday afternoon and public…
BC drug users and advocates issue a warning about xylazine
It took only one puff of drugs cut with xylazine to knock the tall, solidly…
Dan Alder died on the job in BC. His family wants answers
Before he became a statistic, Dan Alder was a hockey player, a mechanic, a brother,…
Shops in two Dutch cities start selling legally grown cannabis in an experiment to regulate pot trade
BREDA, Netherlands (AP) — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands' permissive pot policy…
BC RCMP sergeant charged with assault
An RCMP officer has been charged with assault stemming from an incident in the Coquitlam…
Hockey player, 11, dies days after getting hit in the neck by puck in Quebec
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. – An 11-year-old boy has died after getting hit in the neck by…
Study shows colonials forced Indigenous woolly dogs into extinction in BC
VANCOUVER – For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important…
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Immigrant drivers rate BC plan to protect gig workers
Rishu Bajaj immigrated to British Columbia nine years ago and has been driving for Uber…
Truck driver who caused deadly Broncos crash loses latest bid to stay in Canada
A judge dismissed applications on Thursday from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt…