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

B.C. crews head to the Yukon

KAMLOOPS – The Wildfire Management Branch is sending personnel to the Yukon to assist with fire suppression efforts.

$1.5 million to help revitalize contaminated land

The Province is helping revitalize communities throughout B.C. by investing $1.5 million in a program that helps clean up contaminated land and get it ready for redevelopment, Minister ofForests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today.

Cache Creek man identified as drowning victim

KELOWNA - The man who drowned in a lake near Lillooet this past weekend was from Cache Creek. Jean Claude Guye-Vuilleme, 72, drowned in Seton Lake on Saturday, July 6. According to witnesses, Guye-Vuilleme walked into the water at Seton Beach just after 2 p.m. Shortly afterward, bystanders rescued him from the lake. He was...

Sharknado is the buzz on the internet

It's a tornado full of sharks. The premise behind the latest movie on a cable television network. The movie is called, "Sharknado." Check out the trailer. Would you watch this movie?

Motorcyclist saves coffee cup off SUV bumper

You stumble out to your car with a mug of coffee. You put it on the bumper to grab your keys and then forget it's there. The next thing you know a guy on a motorcyle is handing you the cup of joe through the window of your SUV at 55 mph on the highway.

Shots ring out in Rutland

UPDATE: Residents thought they heard firecrackers 5:30 p.m. July 6 Early this morning a woman living on Hein Road in Rutland awoke to what she thought was firecrackers going off. "I heard the bang and came out... I thought it was a firecracker," she says. She says it woke her around 4 a.m. When she...

B.C. firefighters head to Quebec

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia is sending fire-fighting crews to Quebec to help that province suppress wildfires that have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes. Forests Minister Steve Thomson says 100 people in five units will head to northern Quebec on Sunday. On Friday, winds were pushing flames away from Eastmain, which has...

Penticton River Channel fee sunk to calm angry floaters

A controversial $2 environmental fee has been lifted for people who want to float down the River Channel in Penticton. Coyote Cruises started charging the fee. They tried to collect the money from their customers. Coyote Cruises was also collecting the fee from people who brought their own floaties and weren’t renting tubes from the...

UPDATE: TransCanada west of Revelstoke is open

UPDATE: 3:38 p.m. July 7, 2013 The TransCanada highway 10 km west of Revelstoke has reopened. Drive BC is warning travelers to expect high volumes and delays as the backlog of traffic going east and west is cleared out. UPDATE: 3 p.m. July 7, 2013 The estimated time of reopening is now between 4 p.m....

Vernon’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this past week: Decision looms in RDNO water contamination trial Downtown revitalization cruising to completion Unsecured items cause accident Badly injured passenger of Lumby accident wins lawsuit against driver

Penticton’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this past week: FN wants $43K for its contribution to Similkameen water plan Heatstroke, death possible results of leaving animals in cars Four portable washrooms to relieve downtown visitor pressures

UPDATE: Missing Peachland man found

UPDATE: 2:30 p.m. July 7, 2013 A missing Peachland man has been found safe and sound. The West Kelowna RCMP aren’t releasing any other information about the case. 10:25 a.m. July 7, 2013 The RCMP need your help to find a Peachland man who suffers from depression and has gone missing. Larry Mortensen was last...