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Vernon business group seeks to jumpstart downtown cycling
VERNON – The Downtown Vernon Association is pedalling a new strategy for boosting the bicycle…
Costs more to park in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The downtown parking stations in Kamloops want more of your money. As of Saturday, Jan. 2, the parking rates have gone up, according to a media release from the city. It will now cost you $1.25 for the first and second hour to park downtown, and $2.50 for the third hour. That's up...
Cost of new downtown Kelowna parkade on the rise
KELOWNA - The number of parking stalls planned for the city’s latest downtown parkade has jumped but so has the price tag. In a report to council, director of infrastructure Allan Newcombe says capacity of the new parkade will jump from 438 stalls under the original proposal to 566 stalls. The original budget of $15.83...
ELECTIONS 2014: Candidates discuss downtown parking
KIOSKS, AVAILABILITY AND PARKADES KAMLOOPS - There is a lot of information to sort through as we head into elections, so we decided to make the candidates answer a series of five questions as directly as possible, and in as few characters as possible. This is number four in the five-part series. The proposed Ajax...
Daily News property could become parkade, city hall or performing arts centre
KAMLOOPS — The former Daily News property could become the new downtown parkade, or a performing arts centre, or even a new city hall if the city gets approval for the $4.8 million purchase. Mayor Peter Milobar announced Thursday morning the city is looking to purchase the property, which includes the building and the parking...
City steps closer to finalizing purchase of Daily News property
KAMLOOPS - It looks like the city is ready to move forward with the purchase of the empty Kamloops Daily News property. In March only 39 city electors returned responses against the loan of $4.8 million required to buy the property. At the time Mayor Peter Milobar said the site was considered a necessary purchase...
Parking rates not going up just yet
PUBLIC TO GET BREAK AFTER YEAR OF HICCUPS KAMLOOPS - A planned rate increase for downtown parking has been delayed a year because parking kiosks installed over summer failed on several occasions in the months that followed. Delays getting the kiosks installed and fully operational, followed by problems with the sequencing and screens, as well...