The fifth annual Vaisakhi parade will affect road and transit travel through Rutland Saturday afternoon. Facebook/Okanagan Sikh Temple and Cultural Society

Vaisakhi parade to impact road and transit travel in Rutland

KELOWNA – The Okanagan Sikh Temple and Cultural Society is holding its fifth annual Vaisakhi parade in Rutland next weekend and drivers travelling through the area should be aware of rolling road closures and parking restrictions

Traffic control personnel will be on hand for the parade which begins at noon, Saturday, April 25, while road closures will start at 11:45 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m.

Rutland Road North will be closed from McCurdy Road to Wallace Road starting at 11:45 continuing until 1 p.m. From that point, rolling road closures will affect Wallace Road, Sycamore Road, Sumac Road, Friesen Road and Keyes Road.

McCurdy Road will again be closed from Rutland Road to Craig Road from approximately 1:30 to 3 p.m.

The City of Kelowna says truck route closure signs will be posted on Rutland Road and Highway 33 warning motorists to expect delays.

Transit service will detour along Aldon Road and riders are asked to go to www.bctransit.com under the Kelowna tab for further information.

Street parking restrictions will be in effect along Rutland Road for the duration of the parade to accommodate transit and parade marshalling.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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2 responses

  1. Millie Cole

    Showing a map of these roads rather than the long narrative would be more helpful.

  2. Tom J Orchard

    some details about the actual parade would have been nice to read, John.

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John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

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