Howard Alexander

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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  • Joined: June 03, 2013
  • Articles: 22861

Taking radio controlled planes to a new level

This is not a real jet plane. It's radio controlled. These guys are very serious when it comes to their RC planes. Check out Futura. You'll want one. %%video1%%

Records broken in Thompson-Okanagan heat wave… kind of

KELOWNA - We're having a heat wave. A tropical heat wave. But not a record-breaking heat wave. If you go to Environment Canada’s web site, it looks like Kelowna broke a high temperature record on Wednesday. According to the web site, the mercury rose to 34.7 C. The previous record was 34.3 C on the...

UPDATE: Dead Keremeos rafter identified

UPDATE: 3:34 p.m. July 23, 2013 KEREMEOS - The man who died in a tubing accident on the Similkameen River July 20 has been identified. He was Derek James Woodrow, 19, from Keremeos. Woodrow's family have been notified of his death. The B.C. Cororners Service and RCMP continue to investigate. 4:29 p.m. July 22, 2013...

Quick action by locals contains grass fire

KAMLOOPS - A grass fire in the Cherry Creek area just west of Kamloops was almost completely contained by the time forestry crews arrived this afternoon. Fire Information Officer Michaela Swan says the 1.5 hectare fire near Beaton Rd. broke out around 12:30 p.m. and was out in about an hour. “Given the time of...

Summer proving deadly on the water

PEACHLAND - A Peachland man is the latest drowning victim this summer in the Thompson-Okanagan. David Bernard Mulhall, 70, died while snorkeling in Okanagan Lake near Peachland. According to the BC Coroners Service, Mulhall went alone to the beach at the foot of Beach Ave. in Peachland Saturday afternoon. He was seen going into the...

Food stamp-like program benefits farmers and those with low incomes

KAMLOOPS - People who can’t afford to buy locally grown food are getting help from the provincial taxpayers. The B.C. Government is spending an extra $2 million on the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program. “We know that having access to healthy, fresh foods makes a huge difference in health,” said Health Minister and Kamloops MLA...

UPDATE: Cause of Vernon house fire still under investigation

UPDATE: 1:26 p.m. July 21, 2013 Both fire department and insurance investigators are looking for the cause of a house fire early Saturday morning in Vernon. A family of four and their guest escaped with their lives when the awoke to smoke and flames around 5:20 a.m. “The three adults and two children all made...

Kelowna’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this week: Police investigate suspicious death in Kelowna Barbeque on balcony ignited Rutland apartment building Donations brought in for residents after apartment fire

UPDATE: Kalamoir Park wildfire 100% contained

UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. July 21, 2013 Crews have the Kalamoir Regional Park wildfire 100 per cent surrounded by a fireguard. Deputy West Kelowna fire chief Darren Lee says as of 12:30 p.m. crews from the fire department and B.C. Wildfire Management has built a hand-guard around the perimeter of the two hectare fire. By 2:30...

Vernon’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this week: Forest fire under control but still smoldering Woman killed in highway collision identified Solution offered for mussel invasion

Penticton’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this week: Resident donates backyard for community garden More than 30 guns turned in to Penticton RCMP Victim's father content with sexual predator's sentence

Senior launches pick-up off road and over a cliff

He’s extremely lucky he wasn’t more seriously injured. A 65 year old Westside man drove his pick-up off Hodges Rd. in the Killiney Beach area, north of Fintry Provincial Park Saturday around 4:40 p.m. But he is facing an impaired driving charge. “He landed 15 to 20 feet down the embankment,” according to North Westside...