News Items tag as: Okanagan Rail Corridor Recent purchase of old CP Rail corridor one piece of a much larger trails network January 10, 2018 - 1:12 PM VERNON - Now that two former rail corridors have been preserved for public use in the Okanagan and Shuswap, talk is already underway on how to connect them. First kilometre of Okanagan Rail Trail is complete July 25, 2017 - 9:00 PM KELOWNA - The first kilometre of the nearly 50 kilometre Okanagan Rail Trail is complete. Local philanthropist makes donation to Okanagan Rail Trail April 05, 2017 - 2:27 PM KELOWNA - With the latest donation to the Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative, every week the project gets closer to its fnearly $8 million fundraising goal. Okanagan Rail Trail gets almost $500,000 from federal government March 29, 2017 - 1:24 PM KELOWNA - The Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative has received funding from both the province and the federal government this week. Okanagan Rail Trail close to halfway mark of fundraising goal March 17, 2017 - 8:00 PM OKANAGAN - The Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative has received a large grant from the province and is almost halfway to its fundraising goal of over $7.8 million. Track removal nears completion along site of future Okanagan Rail Trail October 17, 2016 - 6:30 PM KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna is reminding residents that the Okanagan Rail Corridor will remain closed to the public this fall while work crews finish pulling ties and removing natural hazards. Anonymous rail trail supporter pledges to match donations for Canada Day June 28, 2016 - 3:14 PM OKANAGAN - A patriotic donor is celebrating Canada, and its beautiful outdoors, by offering to match donations to the Okanagan Rail Trail from July 1 to July 10. A sneak peak at a possible future for the Okanagan Rail Trail May 14, 2016 - 11:30 AM TRAIL PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA'S COACHELLA VALLEY HOLDS VISION OF FUTURE POSSIBILITIES Ride for the Okanagan Rail Trail May 02, 2016 - 4:30 PM VERNON - The first fundraising event in support of the Okanagan Rail Trail is getting in gear. Rail removal to cause weekend traffic disruptions in Lake Country November 27, 2015 - 4:30 PM LAKE COUNTRY - Crews are working their way north as they dismantle an old railroad destined for use a public trail, and that could mean some traffic delays at train crossings in Lake Country. More ... FILM REVIEW: 'House With a Clock' is a real time suck OPINION The 10-year-old hero at the centre of the film "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" likes to look up words in the dictionary, like "foreboding" and "indomitable." He might want t EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News Poles being moved from West Kelowna's new wine trail sidewalk after complaints WEST KELOWNA - The last thing you want find in the middle of a sidewalk would be a utiltiy pole but that’s wha September 21, 2018 2:00 PM Dead and dying birds rain down in unexplained occurrence in B.C. community DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia man who witnessed dozens of birds falling from the sky just south of Vancouver says September 21, 2018 1:09 PM Feds launching review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval OTTAWA - The National Energy Board has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans Mountain p September 21, 2018 11:30 AM Alberta company to pick up some B.C. Interior routes abandoned by Greyhound KAMLOOPS - A company that's been operating a coach bus service for years in Alberta is hoping to step in to fill September 21, 2018 11:00 AM 'No excuse:' Online course asks about positive effect of residential schools ST. PAUL, Alta. - Alberta's education minister apologized Thursday after learning an online social studies cours September 21, 2018 10:30 AM Tweets by @infonewsvernon