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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.
Paul Walker dead at 40: Fast and Furious star killed in fiery crash near L.A.
LOS ANGELES – Paul Walker, the star of the Fast & Furious movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed one other person outside of Los Angeles. He was 40.
Rare spinning ice phenomenon
A retired engineer from North Dakota, George Loegering, spotted this rare spinning disk of ice in the Sheyenne River. It's a weather phenomenon caused by cold, dense air and an eddy in the river. %%embed1%%
Families remember lives lost in one of Canada’s worst air disasters
STE-THERESE-DE-BLAINVILLE, Que. – These days, it's nothing more than a quiet, snow-lined residential corner of this suburb north of Montreal.
Canine crowned world’s ugliest dog in 2007 dies
HE WAS TOPIC OF KIDS' BOOK ON ACCEPTANCE
Southwest Alaska plane crash kills 4, including infant; villagers rescue 6 survivors
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Residents of a rural Alaska village reached survivors of a commuter plane crash two hours after the aircraft went down in freezing rain, authorities said Saturday.
Suicide rates among soldiers flat, but PTSD’s expected to increase: military doc
OTTAWA – Despite the suicides of three Afghan war veterans this week, a military psychiatrist says there has not been a recent increase in suicide rates among Canadian Forces members.
Teenage snowboarder dies on B.C.’s Grouse Mountain
VANCOUVER – A 16-year-old snowboarder has died on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver after falling and hitting a tree.
VIDEO: North Korea says detained American tourist apologizes for war crimes
NO DIRECT WORD FROM TOURIST
Kelowna Chiefs open road trip with win
SPOKANE, Wash. - Austin Fisher scored the game-winning goal in the Kelowna Chiefs victory over Spokane on Friday night. The Chiefs defeated the Braves 4–3 in game one of a three game road weekend. Captain Jordan Salahor started things off for the Chiefs, scoring his first goal since returning from injury in the first period....
Rivermen rally to beat Penticton Vees
Gage Torrel finished what he started on Friday, as the Langley Rivermen forward scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Rivermen rallied to beat the Penticton Vees 5-4 Friday at the SOEC. Vees Captain Brad McClure’s game-high two-goals and four points wasn’t enough to propel the Vees to their seventeenth win of the season. The...
Rockets edge Blazers in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Kamloops Blazers 3-2 on Friday night in Kamloops, opening up a home and home series between the two WHL rivals with a win. Tyson Baillie scored the game-winning goal late in the third period, snapping a 2-2 tie and improving the Rockets record to 18-3-0-2 on the season....
Rescue mission underway, police helicopter crashes into crowded Glasgow pub
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 8
Scary snowman
It's a sure sign Christmas is coming.
How to fight a baby
Men, you don't have to be scared of babies. You can take 'em. %%embed1%%
Snowmobiler lost in Hunter’s Range found fast
VERNON – It was a scary 4 hours for a woman separated from her family and friends while snowmobiling in the bush east of Enderby Saturday night. Volunteers from Vernon Search and Rescue got the call at 5:30 p.m. and the hunt began. “She had become separated from her group” in the Hunter’s Range area...