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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.
Commons committee recommends Canada Post bring back door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA – A House of Commons committee is recommending Canada Post come up with a…
Federal cannabis task force green lights legal sales to teenagers
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B.C. enacts ministerial order to create overdose prevention sites
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has enacted a ministerial order to support the creation of overdose-prevention…
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Calgary mother who treated sick son holistically is ‘morally innocent:’ defence
CALGARY – A woman who treated her son with holistic remedies before he died of…
More Russian doping bombshells fall on Canada’s Olympians and Paralympians
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Dead mouse found in cup of Tim Hortons coffee, says Nova Scotia man
STEWIACKE, N.S. – A man who says he pulled a dead mouse from a cup…
PM boasts of national climate change agreement, but without Saskatchewan
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is claiming victory in his campaign to craft a…
MP starts petition in support of private member’s bill named after dead Mountie
ST. ALBERT, Alta. – An Alberta MP says he'll continue to push his private member's…
B.C. gives OK to drone pilot project for search and rescue in Kamloops
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Okanagan Falls firefighters extinguish house fire
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B.C. opens sites similar to supervised-injection sites without federal exemption
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Feds tout fairness, economic benefits in $2.3-billion military rescue plane deal
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Goodale keeps door open to CSIS use of metadata gathered from innocent people
OTTAWA – The federal public safety minister is keeping the door open to the idea…
Former astronaut, US Sen. John Glenn of Ohio has died at 95
WASHINGTON – John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the…
Auditor raps B.C. for stopping progress reports on missing women programs
VICTORIA – British Columbia's auditor general has rapped the province for dropping its public reports…
UPDATE: Firefighters battle barn blaze in Kelowna’s north end
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Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dies
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WASHINGTON – Some big players are attempting to tackle Canada's new policy on Super Bowl…
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