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The FORT-VI AGM is coming up soon. It will be on June 1 in Duncan at 1PM at the Duncan Showroom, featuring a presentation on the Okanagan Rail Trail.

Two new businesses – a craft brewery and craft coffee shop – took a chance in 2023 on locating next to the Okanagan Rail Trail near its Kelowna end.
They both saw the huge potential of capitalizing on heavy Rail Trail traffic

A cycling tourism strategy is being prepared for the Cowichan Valley

The Cowichan Valley Regional District has released their report on a Shared Vision for the Island Rail Corridor

The Island Rail Corridor offers a complementary option for the slow-tourism crowd

What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution – cycling pays!

A reminder of the upcoming open house on the Island Corridor on Sept 14, 2024 by the old train station in Charles Hoey Park.
FORT-VI will have an information table at the train station this Saturday 7th from 11 AM to 1 PM to answer your questions and provide background material for your input.

Read FORT-VI’s Q&A submission to the CVRD and help develop a shared vision for the Island Corridor

Dispelling myths about rails to trails on the E&N corridor

The FORT_VI AGM for 2024 was held in Nanaimo on March 10. A new membership bylaw was adopted.