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Uber to expand across BC including Kamloops and Okanagan
Options are widening for ride hailers in Kamloops as tech giant Uber expands its BC…
Should DoorDash and Uber drivers get a better deal in BC?
Many gig workers delivering food or people for companies like Uber or DoorDash are forced…
You can catch a ride with Uber in Kelowna tomorrow
Uber has announced that it will start operating in Kelowna as of noon tomorrow, June…
Uber set to launch in Kelowna next week
Uber had notified its drivers that it’s time to download the driver app and get…
Uber approved to operate ride hailing service in Kelowna
After months of waiting, Uber’s purchase of the ReRyde licence for Kelowna has been approved…
Uber offering driver incentives in hopes of quick launch in Kelowna
Uber wants to load up on drivers in the hopes it can make a fast…
Rideshare company planning Vernon launch
Vernon could soon have its own rideshare operator with Ontario-based company URide gearing up to…
Uber trying again for approval to operate in Kelowna and rest of B.C. Interior
Uber hopes to launch its ride hailing service in Kelowna and Victoria in time for…
Uber trying again to get into Kelowna
Despite the rejection of Uber’s application for a license to operate in Kelowna, the company…
Kelowna mayor plans to fight province’s decision to deny Uber expansion
Uber has been denied permission to expand outside the Lower Mainland and Whistler and the…
Kelowna take-out orders top Canadian list for pickiest, and best tips
Uber Eats has declared Kelowna home to some of the pickiest eaters in Canada. Of…
Uber and Your Driver want to come to the Okanagan and beyond
While some ride hailing services have already started in cities like Kelowna and Kamloops, the…
Central Okanagan politicians combine to call out province on ride-sharing rules
KELOWNA – Central Okanagan mayors and other government leaders have signed a letter calling on…
Support by Kelowna city council for ride hailing panned by local cabbies
KELOWNA – Having an unlimited number of Uber drivers may sound like a good idea…
Uber coming soon if Kelowna council gets its way
KELOWNA – Even if Uber didn’t exist, Kelowna’s taxicab system — especially its late night…
Could Uber be useful in a rural community? This North Okanagan municipality thinks so
ENDERBY – Enderby thinks ride-sharing services like Uber could be as popular in rural communities…
Kamloops wants Uber drivers to have a business licence
KAMLOOPS – With rideshare programs coming to the province by the end of the year,…
New competition for Penticton taxi companies coming from all sides
'TO SAY WE ARE UNHAPPY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT' PENTICTON – The taxi business continues to…
Uber on the radar for Central Okanagan mayors
EDMONTON'S MOVE TO LEGALIZE RIDE-SHARING PUTS PRESSURE ON OTHER COMMUNITIES CENTRAL OKANAGAN – With the…
Ride share website now includes Kelowna
KELOWNA – Uber, the rideshare website popular across the world, has some Vancouver-based competition if it ever shows up in Kelowna. The website for Hitch Planet claims it already has 10,000 customers in 70 B.C. locations. Users post details of the trip they expect to make and are automatically connected with “hitchers” who are willing...