News Items tag as: e-scooters

Prepare to zip around Kelowna and Vernon on an e-scooter
March 24, 2021 - 9:00 PM

In the next few weeks, electric scooters will likely be allowed on Kelowna and Vernon roadways.
City council pushing for return to bicycle rentals in Kelowna as it considers e-scooter ban
June 16, 2020 - 11:33 AM

Following a long and sometimes confusing debate yesterday, Kelowna city councillors called on staff to look at banning electric powered vehicles from the waterfront pathway and Bernard Avenue.
This Penticton senior just wants to scoot around town without breaking the law
May 25, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Penelope Link is a 69-year-old Penticton grandmother who was recently given an e-scooter, only to find out that she’s technically not allowed to ride it around town.
E-scooters will be back in Kelowna this summer
May 21, 2020 - 6:30 PM

The City of Kelowna has confirmed that its e-scooter rental program will resume this summer. It’s just not clear when that will happen or where they’ll be able to go.
E-scooters could be allowed on Kelowna streets by summer
January 17, 2020 - 12:14 PM

The next step in getting e-scooter rentals onto city streets rather than being restricted to a few crowded pathways in B.C. has been announced by the province.
Winter weather not stopping ZIP e-scooters from expanding their operations in Kelowna
January 10, 2020 - 4:00 PM

Expansion of ZIP electronic scooter rentals to UBCO was delayed by heavy snow earlier this week but the machines were set up yesterday, Jan. 8, and will keep operating through the winter, except during snowstorms.
E-moped ride share coming to Kelowna early next year
November 08, 2019 - 1:30 PM

Loop Scooters is planning to launch a new type of ride share program in Kelowna after getting a permit from the city yesterday, Nov. 7.
E-scooter rentals pass 20,000 mark in Kelowna
October 31, 2019 - 4:39 PM

More than 20,000 e-scooter rides were taken in the three months that the shared e-scooter program has been operating in Kelowna.
Gearing up for year-round e-scootering in Kelowna
October 28, 2019 - 4:03 PM

Despite cold weather hitting the Okanagan this week, at least two of Kelowna’s e-scooter sharing companies are opening or expanding their operations.
Pedaling plays second fiddle to electric scooters in Kelowna
October 23, 2019 - 4:05 PM

Early reports show that every electric scooter used in Kelowna’s ride-sharing program this summer was rented two to three times as often as the pedal bikes that proceeded them last year.
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Vernon car wash fender bender ends in stalemate
A soapy windshield and conflicting stories were both factors in why the B.C. small claims courts failed to find anyone liable after a fender bender at a Vernon car wash left two drivers and the business owner all pointing the finger of blame at e

Wine of the Week: The Chase from C.C. Jentsch Cellars
The B.C. wine industry lost another beloved member. News of the recent passing of Chris Jentsch of C.C. Jentsch Cellars has saddened the community. Chris and his wife Betty both grew up in the Okanagan orchard industry and eventually convert

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