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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.
Flight delays at Canadian airlines far outstrip peers in U.S.
MONTREAL – Canada's two biggest airlines saw a far higher proportion of their flights delayed…
TRENDING NOW: Brothers enjoy some quality time with garbage can
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Indigenous paddlers launch powerful voyage to reclaim Pacific Northwest canoe culture
A flotilla of Indigenous canoes a hundred strong is converging along the Pacific Northwest as…
iN PHOTOS: South Okanagan’s Area 27 opens its race track for the kids
Area 27’s Cars for a Cause event in Oliver last week put smiles on kids’…
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This delivery driver was in for quite the surprise. Yes, there was a dog in…
After receiving honorary degree, Okanagan nation leader reflects on decades of service
From an early age, suiki?st (Pauline Terbasket) knew there was something more for her in…
Penticton athlete hoping for one more Ironman finish
Heading into her 10th Ironman Canada Penticton next month, hometown athlete Andrea Gardiner will be…
Acclaimed BC First Nations healer and therapist wins Reconciliation Award
After leaving residential school in the late 1950s, Klith-waa-taa would wade into a frigid river…
iN PHOTOS: 7 years after her disappearance Caitlin Potts’ family reignites call for justice
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New online ‘Forest Eye’ will daylight old-growth logging in BC
There will soon be no way for old-growth logging to go undetected in B.C. An…
BC’s rural emergency room crisis
The province’s emergency rooms are in crisis. ERs across the Lower Mainland have made the…
iN PHOTOS: BC youth Warriors build community, connections and culture
Half a dozen First Nation youth and a couple of men circled to inspect a…
TRENDING NOW: This pup is so excited and he just can’t hide it
It doesn't take much to keep this doggo happy in the summertime. He's very excited…
Blistering heat warnings continue for B.C. Interior regions: Environment Canada
Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in the Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push…
BC firefighter numbers increase to more than 2,500 with 100 Brazilians here today
VICTORIA – British Columbia is expecting the arrival of 100 firefighters from Brazil today, adding…
TRENDING NOW: Coolest dad with a mullet you’ll see today
This mullet-wearing parent should be entered into the Cool Dad Awards. He's all in on…
UPDATE: Helicopter operated by Okanagan company crashes in Alberta; pilot killed
PEACE RIVER, Alta. – A helicopter crash in northwestern Alberta has resulted in the third…
Penticton keyboardist Alfie Zappacosta’s right hand man
A chance meeting over a couple of beers and a jam session a decade ago…
TRENDING NOW: Game of hoops goes from offence to de-fence
A game of hoops at a backyard party went quickly from offence to de-fence when…
iN PHOTOS: First of two WW2 aircraft lands in Penticton
The first of two of the world’s rarest historic military aircraft still flying touched down…
Rescued Australian man adrift three months in Pacific with dog ‘grateful’ to be alive
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat…
TRENDING NOW: A bison where he shouldn’t be
Boom Boom the bison is in big trouble. He knows he's not supposed to be…
Record wildfire season in B.C. for area burned with almost 400 fires in the province
British Columbia's disastrous wildfire season has set a new record for the total area burned…
iN PHOTOS: Pentictonites prevail at Peach Classic Triathlon
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