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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.
Snowfall warning for Trans-Canada through Rogers Pass
Drivers making their way from the BC Interior to Alberta tonight and tomorrow are in…
Shares of cannabis company Canopy Growth to be consolidated on a one-for-10 basis
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. – Canopy Growth Corp. says a consolidation of its shares on a…
BC police seek Interpol red notice for cocaine smuggler who escaped to India
SURREY, B.C. – Police in British Columbia are asking Interpol to post a red notice…
Vernon RCMP say explosives found in parked car ‘rendered safe’
RCMP cordoned off a Vernon parking lot for approximately 10 hours yesterday after an officer…
TRENDING NOW: Dog genius takes a nap
This French bulldog knows how to take advantage of the puppy in the house. Talk…
Grocery code launch being held back by dissent from two major companies
After two years of work, the group responsible for developing the grocery code of conduct…
Amazon delivery drivers accused of porch piracy in Metro Vancouver
BURNABY, B.C. – Three delivery truck drivers in Metro Vancouver are facing possible charges for…
Study shows colonials forced Indigenous woolly dogs into extinction in BC
VANCOUVER – For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important…
Truck driver who caused deadly Broncos crash loses latest bid to stay in Canada
A judge dismissed applications on Thursday from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt…
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Immigrant drivers rate BC plan to protect gig workers
Rishu Bajaj immigrated to British Columbia nine years ago and has been driving for Uber…
Hockey player, 11, dies days after getting hit in the neck by puck in Quebec
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. – An 11-year-old boy has died after getting hit in the neck by…
Shops in two Dutch cities start selling legally grown cannabis in an experiment to regulate pot trade
BREDA, Netherlands (AP) — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands' permissive pot policy…
BC RCMP sergeant charged with assault
An RCMP officer has been charged with assault stemming from an incident in the Coquitlam…
Dan Alder died on the job in BC. His family wants answers
Before he became a statistic, Dan Alder was a hockey player, a mechanic, a brother,…
BC drug users and advocates issue a warning about xylazine
It took only one puff of drugs cut with xylazine to knock the tall, solidly…
Hundreds across BC felt 4.9 magnitude quake
VICTORIA – Earthquakes Canada says a 4.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded Sunday afternoon and public…
Tim Hortons to revive beloved dutchie, other favourites to mark 60th anniversary
TORONTO – For roughly two decades, Canadians have been telling Tim Hortons something's missing from…
Here’s what you need to know about deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes
Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10…
Canopy Growth sells This Works skin care brand to U.K. investment firm
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. – Canopy Growth Corp. says it has sold its This Works skin…
YouTube mom who gave parenting advice pleads guilty in child abuse case
A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to…
Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it’s going through a reckoning
NEW YORK (AP) — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines…
Drug dealers busted during Lake Country traffic stop
A pair of drug dealers lost their stash and their cash after they were pulled…
Police catch up with dangerously driven stolen pickup in Kamloops
A Kamloops elementary school was locked down this afternoon as police chased down suspected truck…
RCMP investigating death of man and his dog near Kamloops
The body of a man in his 50s and his dog were found in a…