News Items tag as: Ministry of Transportation

Coquihalla Highway to reopen for regular traffic tomorrow
January 18, 2022 - 12:37 PM

The Coquihalla Highway is finally reopening for regular traffic tomorrow.
B.C.'s experimental jet-powered snow plow that failed to take off
February 09, 2021 - 12:00 PM

Maintaining British Columbia’s mountain highways in winter has never been an easy task, and that was as true years ago as it is today.
iN VIDEO: B.C. Highway's unknown engineering marvel is the Hollywood Bowl
October 17, 2020 - 6:00 PM

Feats of engineering ingenuity, like bridges and overpasses, are easy to spot along British Columbia highways.
Expect delays on Highway 33 east of Kelowna for paving project
June 29, 2020 - 1:48 PM

The Ministry of Transportation will be paving a piece of Highway 33 east of Kelowna this summer to create a safer road for drivers travelling to Big White Ski Resort.
Province is already re-painting highway traffic lines
April 24, 2019 - 4:10 PM

If driving at highway speeds without a centre dividing line makes you nervous, take heart because the province’s highways department is already on it.
High-profile Vernon homeless camp torn down over safety concerns, province says
January 19, 2018 - 12:17 PM

VERNON – Safety concerns prompted the province to dismantle a homeless camp in Vernon's north end yesterday.
'Give us a fair price:' Judge slaps B.C. government for taking land from North Shuswap senior
December 07, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA – When the provincial government wants your land, you expect it to negotiate a fair price. If it really needs your land, you know it can just take it, but you still expect a fair price, right?
Section of Old Vernon Road closed for days
November 20, 2017 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - Roundabout construction will close the intersection of Old Vernon Road and Acland Road until Friday, Nov. 24.
Roadside reflectors going in along the Okanagan Connector
August 25, 2017 - 1:15 PM

MERRITT - The province is installing roadside reflectors along the Okanagan Connector in an effort to improve safety.
Transportation ministry narrows route options for second crossing of Okanagan Lake
March 28, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - With the current Okanagan lake bridge expected to reach capacity by 2040, a second crossing seems inevitable — but where exactly will it go?
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THOMPSON: Consider the message in America poet Amanda Gorman's 'An Ode We Owe'
OPINION If ever you doubt yourself - or others - especially today’s youth, take a deep breath and don’t give up. It’s easy to look about and feel discouraged, even hopeless at what we face today.

Popular Mediterranean restaurant leaves Penticton for Summerland
A popular shawarma restaurant has wrapped up operations in Penticton and started a new chapter in Summerland. Sheanne Moskaluk, who lives in Naramata, has no problem travelling a little further to Summerland for some of her favourite food a

Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes. But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog

Battle lines being drawn over Kelowna’s newest nightspot
Whether it’s a nightclub or a “whole new way” of enjoying a music hall is at the core of what could end up as a legal battle over the Revelry, Kelowna’s newest entertainment facility. “Should a lawsuit be filed

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