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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.
Thank You, Mr. Hockey Day to include burial of Gordie Howe’s ashes in Saskatoon
SASKATOON – Members of Gordie Howe's family are getting ready to celebrate his life in…
Canada captain Crosby among six forwards getting their own postage stamps
TORONTO – Six of Canada's greatest hockey forwards, including current Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby,…
Royals to visit iconic, B.C., Yukon locales oozing with beauty, social values
VICTORIA – The indigenous guardians of British Columbia's remote and largely untouched Great Bear Rainforest…
Royal tour shows off Canada’s beauty, shines light on social issues
VICTORIA – It's been almost 30 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, kissed an AIDS…
Easy familiarity with Trudeau, Li as two sides talk free trade, death penalty
OTTAWA – Canada and China are launching exploratory talks towards a free trade agreement, Prime…
Top two PMO aides apologize for controversy over moving expenses
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau's two top aides are repaying a "significant portion" of the $207,000…
Trans-Canada Highway to be improved at Salmon Arm with new bridge coming
SALMON ARM – The B.C. government has announced plans to widen the Trans-Canada Highway west…
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Magnificent Seven’ rides again, with more guns
OPINION Deciding to remake "The Magnificent Seven " with a fresh batch of movie stars…
Pot tax, homelessness on agenda at upcoming B.C. municipal convention
VICTORIA – Nearly 2,000 municipal politicians, civic staff and other community leaders are preparing for…
Vacation over for pair of grizzlies caught on remote island in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. – A nearly week-long holiday of swimming and munching on berries has…
Northern Gateway, feds won’t appeal ruling against Northern Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER – First Nations in British Columbia remain staunchly opposed to a proposed pipeline linking…
B.C. home buyers, sellers get new protections with real estate superintendent
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has appointed a new superintendent of real estate in…
CPP reform to sting economy, jobs in short run, but to help over long term: feds
OTTAWA – The federal government expects the proposed expansion of the Canada Pension Plan to…
Household debt climbs to record levels, driven partly by hot real estate markets
OTTAWA – The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit a new…
Household debt in B.C. climbs as experts warn crippling loads could spell ruin
KAMLOOPS – Consumer debt experts in British Columbia say Statistics Canada's latest figures on household…
B.C. health minister scraps planned hike to medical premiums
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – British Columbia's health minister says planned hikes to medical premiums are now…
Mom who received one cent after soldier son’s suicide getting Silver Cross
TORONTO – The mother of a Canadian soldier who killed himself after serving in Afghanistan…
B.C. auditor targets include Site C, BC Hydro, grizzly-bear management
VICTORIA – British Columbia's auditor general says she's putting controversial government issues such as the…
Fewer Canadian teens smoke tobacco, but pot use popular
OTTAWA – A new federal survey suggests the percentage of students who smoke tobacco fell…
Complicated, dangerous rescue frees young humpback on B.C.’s central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – A young humpback whale is gouged and covered with bloody abrasions,…
Driver medical distress behind crash that closed highway along Mara Lake for hours
SICAMOUS – The driver of a transport truck that crashed into the concrete barrier along…
‘Quite alarming:’ Report finds skies quieter by 1.5 billion fewer birds
North American skies have grown quieter over the last decades by the absent songs of…
Indigenous Liberal MP breaks ranks with government on B.C.’s Site C dam
OTTAWA – An indigenous member of the federal Liberal caucus is breaking ranks with his…
B.C. foster parents lose appeals to adopt Metis toddler
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia foster family has lost its fight in the province's highest…