News Items tag as: okanagan rail trail

Full Okanagan rail trail opening faces another delay after Agricultural Land Commission decision
September 24, 2018 - 9:49 AM

OKANAGAN - Even as the partial opening of the Okanagan Rail Trail is being celebrated this week, the complete opening of the trail looks like it's going to take even longer.
Kelowna buys last chunk of CN rail corridor for trail, plans upgrade
August 29, 2018 - 5:04 PM

KELOWNA - A chunk of the CN Rail corridor that wasn’t included in the original Okanagan Rail Trail deal has been purchased and is going to get some attention.
You may already be using it but Okanagan Rail Trail opens for real next month
August 15, 2018 - 5:01 PM

OKANAGAN - It’s official. The Okanagan Rail Trail will legally open at the end of September — at least the part that’s done.
Okanagan Rail Trail completes $7.8-million fundraising goal
July 17, 2018 - 1:49 PM

VERNON - The final stage of fundraising $7.8-million to complete the Okanagan Rail Trail has been achieved, giving the project the green light to be completed by this fall.
Okanagan Rail Trail moves from fundraising, construction to governance, maintenance
May 15, 2018 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - The Okanagan Rail Trail is ahead of schedule and volunteers have already raised the $8 million needed to construct the basic trail.
Happy trails? Not so much as Okanagan Rail Trail still far from a full opening
May 08, 2018 - 5:22 PM

From missing fences to actual legal titles, the Okanagan Rail Trail from Kelowna to Vernon still has some significant gaps that have left it looking more like a dotted line than a trail from point A to B.
Kelowna plans to buy another chunk of CN Rail corridor for Okanagan Rail Trail
April 20, 2018 - 10:00 AM

KELOWNA - City officials are negotiating with CN Rail to purchase another piece of the abandoned rail right-of-way for the Okanagan Rail Trail.
Some holes remain but Okanagan Rail Trail celebrates federal donation
April 13, 2018 - 11:47 AM

LAKE COUNTRY - Gaps in the Okanagan rail trail are temporary and are more than made up for by the latest funding announcement, Lake Country Mayor James Baker says.
Okanagan Rail Trail moves ahead in bits and pieces
December 13, 2017 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - Construction begins next week on Kelowna’s portion of the Okanagan Rail Trail between Dilworth Road and UBC Okanagan with plans already in the works for the next section out to Kelowna International Airport.
Local governments taking collective approach to Okanagan Rail Trail
November 27, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - All the local governments along the route of the Okanagan Rail Trail are likely going to take a coordinated approach to its governance, operation and administration.
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JONESIE: The real battles being waged in the Kelowna mayoral campaign
OPINION Kelowna residents have a choice for mayor but I think there's something else going on from the two main campaigns. Revenge, perhaps. When Colin Basran was first elected as councillor, he was su