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Kelowna Regional Transit
Dozens of businesses, hundreds of Okanagan residents demand transit improvement in open letter
An Okanagan transit lobby group has hundreds of residents behind an open letter to politicians…
BC Transit and TransDev renew controversial contract in Okanagan
BC Transit will be renewing its contract with TransDev Canada despite pressure from the Okanagan…
Kelowna’s double-decker buses are gone, but not forgotten
Five years ago double-decker buses were roaming the streets of Kelowna, but today as transit…
iN TRANSIT: Riders have their take on Kelowna’s bus system
After the Okanagan Transit Alliance challenged elected officials to rely on transit for the week…
Kelowna bus garage getting $8 million upgrade until new $100 million building opens
Kelowna’s old bus maintenance building is getting a major $8.3 million upgrade at the same…
Kelowna transit riders in for a bumpy ride due to tech upgrades
Kelowna’s regional transit system is getting a tech update to iron out problems with the…
One day Central Okanagan transit strike as both sides head to arbitration
Central Okanagan transit drivers have shut down the bus service in the region for today…
Last minute negotiations not expected to avert Kelowna transit strike
Transit workers had 20 minutes of negotiations this morning with First Transit, the company that…
Expect more delays as Kelowna transit workers refuse overtime
Kelowna regional transit employees are refusing to work overtime hours as of today as the…
Free transit in Kelowna starts today as labour dispute continues
Kelowna transit riders can take advantage of free service starting today. Drivers are refusing to…
Cities seeks ministry intervention in Central Okanagan transit labour dispute
Job action could start as early as today, Sept. 1, after Central Okanagan transit workers…
Central Okanagan bus drivers file 72-hour strike notice
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS COULD START SUNDAY CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Bus drivers in most of the Central…
Kelowna suspects arrested for pepper spraying local bus driver
KELOWNA – Several people have been arrested and the search is on for one more…
Four Kelowna bus drivers assaulted in one day; union calls for action
KELOWNA – Four bus drivers in Kelowna were the victims of assault in one day,…
UBCO students to vote on fate of low-cost transit program
KELOWNA - The fate of the U-Pass transit program at a local university is in the hands of the students, who will vote over a fare increase next week. Students at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia are holding a referendum over a fare increase for the program next week, which if...
Kelowna transit service costs to rise next year
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The cost of providing transit in Kelowna could jump next year, the result of increased service and increased costs. Conventional transit will cost 7.7 per cent more in the 2015/16 annual operating agreement with B.C. Transit and the Kelowna Regional Transit System. That represents a $700,000 increase from last year, largely due...