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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.
Meet the centenarians: Canada’s oldest age group is also its fastest-growing
VANCOUVER – Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends…
RCMP recover stolen mountain bikes and parts in Lake Country raid
After a lengthy investigation, RCMP officers raided a home in Lake Country last week and…
Crude awakening: Edmonton Oilers fans coping with Stanley Cup loss
EDMONTON – The hearts of Edmonton Oilers fans shattered Monday night as the team lost…
Lytton rebuild continues three years after wildfire destroyed most of town
Three years after a wildfire destroyed much of the British Columbia village of Lytton, the…
Kamloops man suffers serious injuries after assault
A Kamloops man was taken to hospital this morning with serious injuries after an assault…
Heavy weather on the way to Okanagan, Kamloops
The weather is expected to get nasty this afternoon in the Thompson-Okanagan region. The conditions…
BC rabbi says congregation resilient after arson as police release video of suspect
VANCOUVER – Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt says the congregation of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue in Vancouver…
Catholic Church and Kamloops First Nation unveil covenant on residential schools
The leader of Vancouver's Roman Catholic archdiocese says the church was wrong to administer residential…
She’s still busy at 105. What secrets and science are behind Canada’s ‘super agers’?
Angeline Charlebois keeps a busy schedule. The 105-year-old Levack, Ont., woman spends Tuesday afternoons in…
TRENDING NOW: The ultimate fart spray prank
Talks about a diabolical prank. Hubby puts on one of those inflatable dinosaur suits to…
Mounties seize 439 catalytic converters in BC theft and trafficking investigation
Mounties in Burnaby say they used undercover officers as part of a lengthy investigation into…
Driver’s body recovered from Similkameen River near Princeton
A vehicle wound up in the Similkameen River near Princeton this afternoon and the driver…
Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into…
Head-on crash kills two, blocks ferry terminal in West Vancouver
Police in West Vancouver say two people are dead after a head-on crash along Highway…
You might live to be 100 years old. But will you be able to afford it?
William Ubbens, 93, is already almost a quarter century into his retirement, and is hoping…