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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.
Canadian universities attracting kids, especially girls, to sciences
TORONTO – Groups of students huddle around desks at a university campus as the instructor gives out a quick overview of the job at hand: build a crane, create an electromagnet and pick up metal.
Canada supports Nemtsov marchers in Russia, says Nicholson, bound for France
OTTAWA – Canada stands with the tens of thousands of Russians who took to Moscow streets on Sunday to protest the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson says.
Plenty of science involved in reading the signs in Canada’s avalanche alley
ROGERS PASS, B.C. – It's called avalanche alley for a reason.
Starbucks baristas stop writing “Race Together” on cups; company says phase out part of plan
Starbucks baristas will no longer write "Race Together" on customers' cups starting Sunday, ending as planned a visible component of the company's diversity and racial inequality campaign, according to a memo.
Canadians from coast to coast mark annual Earth Hour by turning out lights
VANCOUVER – Canadians joined millions around the world Saturday night in turning off their lights to mark Earth Hour, celebrating the ninth year of the annual event.
Gritty, gifted Lach centred Canadiens famous Punch Line, won three Stanley Cups
MONTREAL – Elmer Lach was more than just the centre who fed passes to Maurice (Rocket) Richard on the Montreal Canadiens famous Punch Line.
Mike Duffy had family pictures framed at Senate expense, trial told
OTTAWA – Mike Duffy had the Senate pay to frame pictures of his family members and for photos to be sent to former American first lady Barbara Bush, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday in the suspended senator's fraud and bribery trial.
More Canadians scrapping cable packages or never signing up: report
TORONTO – More Canadians are choosing to cancel their cable TV and satellite packages and a new report suggests there's no sign of the migration slowing down.
American, Italian hostages killed in US drone strike on al-Qaida; Obama takes responsibility
WASHINGTON – An American and an Italian held hostage by al-Qaida, as well as two Americans working with the terror group, were inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes early this year, the U.S. government revealed Thursday.
‘Sugar Coated’ documentary explores health dangers of sweets
TORONTO – Is sugar the new tobacco? It's a provocative question that's explored in the documentary "Sugar Coated."
Police advising caution for homeless after 2 men killed in downtown Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – Police in Winnipeg are advising the homeless to use caution in the wake of two homicides, and are asking other citizens to pay special attention to make sure the homeless are safe.
BlackBerry forgoes its popular keyboard in latest smartphone release
TORONTO – BlackBerry is foregoing its famous physical keyboard in its newest smartphone.
Information commissioner wants Mounties charged; government rewrites the law
OTTAWA – The federal information commissioner says the Conservative government is setting a "perilous precedent" by retroactively rewriting Canada's access-to-information law to absolve the RCMP of wrongdoing.
Nickelback ‘wanted for crimes against music’ in Aussie police meme
TORONTO – An Australian police force is knocking Nickelback in a cheeky social media post as the Alberta rockers tour the country.
Actress, comedian Anne Meara, wife of Jerry Stiller and mom of Ben, dies at 85
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. She was 85.