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Kelowna working on plan for public transit corridor from downtown to Mission
The City of Kelowna is asking residents about a proposal for an express route to…
Vernon bus driver assaulted at downtown transit station
VERNON – A Vernon bus driver is recovering in hospital after he was assaulted by…
Kelowna seeking federal money to build a new electric bus depot
KELOWNA – Moving its bus garage to a site near UBC Okanagan and rebuilding the…
B.C. Transit spending $4.5M upgrading buses after Kamloops Human Rights case
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has confirmed a $10,000 award to a former…
B.C. Transit drivers will be getting the protection they’ve wanted for years
KELOWNA – More than a year after B.C. Transit started testing protective shields for its…
B.C. Transit bus collision in Penticton sends pedestrian to hospital
PENTICTON – A B.C. Transit bus was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in…
Regional district looking at expanded transit service between Penticton and Kelowna
PENTICTON – B.C. Transit is proposing an improvement to regional bus service between Penticton and…
New city buses arrive in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Public transit users in the Central Okanagan may have noticed the first of…
Transit workers rally around husband of North Okanagan traffic flagger killed on the job
“I FORGIVE THE DRIVER,” HUSBAND SAYS NORTH OKANAGAN – The husband of a beloved traffic…
Kelowna transit drivers to observe annual moment of silence for passenger killed in 2014
KELOWNA – For the third year in a row Kelowna city buses will pull over…
Collision between motorcycle and Kelowna bus sends one to hospital
KELOWNA – One man was taken to hospital last night after he collided with a…
West Kelowna council postpones decision on transit cuts
WEST KELOWNA – Two bus routes that were on the chopping block in West Kelowna…
B.C. Transit recommends West Kelowna cancel two bus routes
WEST KELOWNA – Two West Kelowna bus routes could be terminated following a tonight's city…
Kelowna residents breathe sigh of relief as buses resume service
KELOWNA – The bus strike ended just in time for Verna Simard. She has to…
Ride the bus for free this month in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – The new contract is in place, drivers are back to work, and Kelowna…
Mom left stranded by Central Okanagan bus strike
KELOWNA – Tammy Freeman and her daughter need the bus. Tammy uses Kelowna transit to…
Bus pass refunds offered as Central Okanagan transit strike continues
CENRAL OKANAGAN – Transit riders affected by the bus strike in the Central Okanagan are…
NO BUSES IN CENTRAL OKANAGAN TOMORROW: Bus drivers confirm strike starts Thursday morning
"THEY'RE STILL GETTING PAID AND IT'S COMING FROM OUR TAX DOLLARS." CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The…
Transit bus drivers in the Thompson-Okanagan vote overwhelmingly against accepting final contract offer
"IT WAS INSULTING." THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Over 96 per cent of the transit bus drivers, who…
Kelowna transit costs rising, no word yet on possible fare increases
KELOWNA – No word yet on whether increased costs claimed by Kelowna Transit will translate…
Kelowna to get new buses, expanded UBCO bus loop
KELOWNA – Transit users in the Central Okanagan will benefit from funding announcements made today…
HandyDART service to expand in Kelowna this September
KELOWNA – HandyDART services will be expanded in Kelowna starting this fall. Local residents who…
No car seat, no ride for Armstrong mom and baby trying to board the bus
VERNON - A North Okanagan woman is sharing her experience after being told she couldn’t board a public transit bus without a car seat for her baby. Chelsey Dyer planned to take the Route 60 bus into Vernon from her Armstrong home last week to pick up her car, but wasn’t allowed on. “The driver...
One year after killing, why there still aren’t any cameras on Okanagan buses
KAMLOOPS HAS 25 KELOWNA – One year after the horrific killing of a Kelowna man on a B.C. Transit bus and six months after they promised to begin installing them, there still isn’t a single operational camera on any Kelowna buses. Last year, on Oct. 30, Caesar Rosales was killed in front of more than...