News Items tag as: Highway 97 construction

No blasting closures on Highway 97 near Summerland this long weekend
March 28, 2024 - 10:30 AM
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Drivers can expect a break from the closures along Highway 97 north of Summerland this Easter long weekend.
Unique geology could mean future rockslides along section of Highway 97 in Okanagan
February 05, 2019 - 3:00 PM

PENTICTON - A $54 million highway widening project north of Summerland seems to have opened a Pandora’s box of potential rockslide issues since its completion in late 2008.
$67-million project to widen Highway 97 in Kelowna is complete
November 19, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - Over two years of construction has come to an end as the project to widen of 4.5 kilometres of Highway 97 in Kelowna is finally complete.
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New Asian Fusion eatery in Kamloops overcomes challenges of unpredictable restaurant industry
An Asian fusion restaurant recently opened on Kamloops’ North Shore with a menu full of Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and South Korean dishes. Owners Carl and Lia Kim have been working long hours, six days a week for the past few months,

Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal's capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country's biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

No blasting closures on Highway 97 near Summerland this long weekend