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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.
President escalates border battle with Democrats, cancels congressional travel
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump grounded Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders Thursday, cancelling — and…
Canada’s arrest of Huawei exec an act of ‘backstabbing,’ Chinese ambassador says
OTTAWA – Canada's arrest of a senior Huawei executive was the "backstabbing" of a friend,…
Ex-Liberal candidate in Burnaby says volunteer wrote controversial post
VANCOUVER – A former Liberal byelection candidate says her political career is "probably" over after…
Canada faces tough decisions as Trump unveils ambitious missile-defence plan
OTTAWA – America's allies will have to pay their share of a new missile-detection system,…
Cohen says he rigged online polls for Trump in 2014, 2015
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer acknowledged Thursday that he paid a…
Man charged with killing 12-year-old B.C. girl found guilty of 1978 murder
VANCOUVER – A man accused of murdering a 12-year-old British Columbia girl over 40 years…
Flush the milk: Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada wasted
More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses…
Barack Obama, former U.S. president, to speak in Vancouver in early March
VANCOUVER – Former United States president Barack Obama is coming to Vancouver. The Greater Vancouver…
Less beef, more beans. Experts say world needs a new diet
NEW YORK – A hamburger a week, but no more — that's about as much…
China hits back at Freeland’s criticism of detention of Canadians
BEIJING – China rebuffed the latest broadside from Canada over its detention of Canadian citizens,…
B.C. chief says they didn’t give up rights for gas pipeline to be built
SMITHERS, B.C. – No elected band council or Crown authority has jurisdiction over the land,…
Canadian man’s bullet-riddled body found in Burkina Faso, officials say
Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Canadian mining company executive whose bullet-riddled body…
‘It’s a joke’: Quebec comic Ward appeals $42K penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL – Comedians in Quebec will be afraid to make controversial jokes if a 2016…
Murder trial hears that woman with Alzheimer’s was not at end of life
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Canadian mining employee kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso: local officials
A Canadian national has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel region, government officials said…
U.S. calls Chinese death sentence against Canadian ‘politically motivated’
OTTAWA – The United States has denounced a death sentence imposed on a British Columbia…
Kentucky canoe outfit borrows photo of Trudeau family to market business
OTTAWA – You might think the last thing you'd stumble onto on a rural road…
Sentence issued by B.C. judge who refused recusal after crying during statement
KELOWNA – A British Columbia provincial court judge who teared up over a victim impact…
Liberal bows out of Burnaby byelection after singling out Jagmeet Singh’s race
VANCOUVER – The Liberal candidate running against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Burnaby, B.C.,…
UPDATE: May wins no-confidence vote, but is still beset by Brexit
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New advisory board to help RCMP modernize amid history of bullying, harassment
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