News Items tag as: Kettle Valley Railway

Former manager of Kettle Valley Railway pleads guilty to fraud
November 26, 2024 - 10:34 AM

The former business manager of the Kettle Valley Steam Railway in Summerland has pleaded guilty to fraud.
iN PHOTOS: Creative captures of railway bridges in Kamloops, Okanagan
June 14, 2024 - 2:30 PM

The trestle bridges, swing bridges and lift bridges along the rail lines in Kamloops and the Okanagan have interesting histories and can be unique subjects of photography.
iN PHOTOS: Plans coming together to give historic Kaleden Hotel a facelift
November 28, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The Regional District of Okanagan-Smilkameen is preparing to upgrade the remnants of the Kaleden Hotel to preserve its history and create more uses for the space.
Ruins of historical KVR tunnel near Naramata may come back to life
August 31, 2022 - 7:00 AM

A plan is underway to restore the Adra Tunnel, a relic of the Kettle Valley Railway in the hills above Naramata that has been sitting derelict for decades.
iN VIDEO: A railway lover's passion lives on in photographic treasures of the Kettle Valley Railway
February 08, 2020 - 8:30 AM

The late Dave Wilkie was a steam train enthusiast who understood the historical value of what he was seeing and recording.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

Former manager of Kettle Valley Railway pleads guilty to fraud