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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.
European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada
VANCOUVER – Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs…
MOVIE REVIEW: Even The Rock’s biceps can’t lift up ‘Baywatch’
OPINION Of this, dear moviegoer, rest assured: Dwayne Johnson's biceps still ripple and glisten in…
Thirty herons killed at nesting site in Vernon after powerful windstorm
VERNON – More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: What you need to know in the Central Okanagan
UPDATE: 5:09 p.m. Thursday, May 25, 2017 CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Two new Evacuation Alerts have…
Overcoming the stigma around addiction and treatment facilities
POWELL RIVER, B.C. – Dan puts his fork down and smiles as he explains to…
B.C. Greens seek ‘stable minority’ government, avoid triggering another election
VANCOUVER – The Greens want to avoid triggering another election in British Columbia after the…
Top court hears federal government’s appeal on residential school records
OTTAWA – Lawyers for the federal government and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation…
Trudeau praises benefit of sharing intelligence with the U.S. and others
BRUSSELS – Canada's deeply entrenched role in the fight against global extremism is more focused…
Body-slamming the press: Gianforte skirmish marks media relations low point
WASHINGTON – A reporter being slammed into the ground by a Republican politician, prompting criminal…
Ancient genetic markers in sockeye salmon can help manage healthier fish stocks
A recent study from UBC’s Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that…
Fantastic beasts and where you might find them at YLW
Myron Campbell: Ghosts of Robert Lake May 8 to November 6, 2017 May 24, 2017…
Youth projects get a boost from COFFY and GenNext Kelowna
Central Okanagan Foundation for Youth (COFFY) and United Way’s GenNext partnered again this year to…
See The Big Picture at the Kelowna Art Gallery
The Big Picture April 29 to June 25, 201 May 23, 2017 – Kelowna, BC:…
Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Mountie in British Columbia
COLWOOD, B.C. – A man whose truck slammed into an RCMP officer's cruiser killing a…
TRENDING NOW: This dog hates fidget spinners
Fidget spinners are all the rage. But this dog is having none of this fad.…
Italy meets Invermere, B.C., as Lavazza buys control of Kicking Horse Coffee
Old World coffee giant Lavazza is buying control of Kicking Horse Coffee, the company known…
PM in Brussels for NATO summit, where terrorism, cost of defence top agenda
BRUSSELS – The new headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — a massive, state-of-the-art…
Man who killed children in Merritt struggles with anger management: psychiatrist
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children because…
Are 30-somethings earning more than their parents? StatCan study says yes
OTTAWA – A new study from Statistics Canada appears to suggest that 30- and 40-something…
Parental support can help kids anxious after Manchester concert bombing: experts
TORONTO – Watching media reports about the deadly suicide bombing at the Ariana Grande concert…
RCMP charge Alberta woman with threatening Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Police have charged a woman in southern Alberta with making online threats…
Residents blame sea lion incident on people, not the animal or harbour authority
RICHMOND, B.C. – Residents of a waterfront community in British Columbia are blaming human behaviour…
Kids of anti-vaccination parents stigmatized more than their parents: study
VANCOUVER – Children who aren't vaccinated face harsher judgment than their parents who refused immunization,…
Clean-up begins after truck fire closes Coquihalla Highway on Victoria Day
MERRITT – Traffic is now moving again northbound on a major British Columbia highway after…