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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.
Independent grocers call for milk price pause amid pressure to keep food costs down
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Cannabis Act review finds companies struggling to profit, health experts supportive
OTTAWA – A review of the federal legislation that paved the way for the legal…
UPDATE: Two Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel remembered as proud and loving
VANCOUVER – Two Canadians killed by Hamas gunmen while attending a music festival in southern…
It’s a new season of whale song on BC’s coast, and you can listen in
Autumn is the season of whale song on the Pacific Northwest Coast, says longtime researcher…
Addiction psychiatrist says there’s ‘no sense of crisis’ in BC toxic drug crisis
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TRENDING NOW: Polite patient people line up behind mannequin at ATM
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Pressure builds for review of mine expansion that may threaten Similkameen River
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Thief used phoney document in $20M gold heist at Toronto airport: lawsuit
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As strikes devastate Gaza, Israel forms unity government to oversee war sparked by Hamas attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined with a top political rival on…
TRENDING NOW: Proof cats are jerks
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Major Canadian grocers won’t confirm discounts and price freezes feds promised
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His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not
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Hells Angels last try to get Kelowna clubhouse back denied by Canada’s Supreme Court
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Family and their dog escape Vernon house fire thanks to quick thinking child
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UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located
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MISSISSAUGA – A Canadian woman trapped in Gaza says she is afraid she could die…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man located
UPDATE: Oct. 12, 2023 RCMP say a missing 43-year-old Kamloops man has been located and…
Conservative leader holds campaign-style rally in South Okanagan
Hundreds of people filled a warehouse in Oliver yesterday to hear what Pierre Poilievre had…
BC church group, caught between Israel-Hamas war, struggles to get home
VANCOUVER – A group from a British Columbia church that had been touring historical sites…
TRENDING NOW: Don’t you dare ignore this pup
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RAVENA, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many…
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