The following are selected news clippings that document Kelowna's cultural tourism initiative, along with op-ed columns from the Kelowna Daily Courier authored by Steven Thorne. A special section from Okanagan Life magazine profiles the emerging Kelowna Cultural District. The final article profiles the Cultural Corridor Project.

• Arts Development Officer based at Chamber by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Business and the arts rub shoulders by Steve MacNaull
  The Daily Courier, October 3, 1995
  
  
• Make Kelowna the capital of art by Steve MacNaull
  The Daily Courier, November 10, 1995
  
  
• What is Cultural Tourism?
  Okanagan Business Magazine, February 5, 1996
  
  
• Sell culture to tourists by Steve MacNaull
  The Daily Courier
  
  

• Learning about recreation by Judie Steeves
  The Daily Courier
  

• From apples to art by Ron Seymour
  The Daily Courier, July 11, 1996
  
  
• Cultural tourism gets complicated by Rob Munro
  The Daily Courier
  
  
• Civic group to check out cultural hotspots
  The Daily Courier
  
  
• Why developing cultural tourism is a big deal
  The Daily Courier
  
  

• More gentle distractions
  The Daily Courier
  
  
• Kelowna is growing up by Andre Wenjen
  The Daily Courier
  

• Czar of city culture by Rob Munro
  The Daily Courier
  
  
• Economic value of the arts is no joke by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Heritage buildings enrich city by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Art elevates wine fest by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• This column isn't about culture, it's about our future by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Kelowna cultural district...watch it grow!
  A Special Section of Okanagan Life
  
• Kelowna can join the 'great cities' club by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Arts in school is not an 'extra' by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• What an arts centre will do for city by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• What should we spend on the arts? by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Cashing in on cultural tourism by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Business and arts can work together by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
• Aging population will change leisure needs by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Cities that plan for art reap rewards by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Assessing Victoria's commitment to culture by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Can MPs see link between culture, nationhood? by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Art, culture all around us by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Kelowna needs fund to create character by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• Study reveals culture's economic worth by Steven Thorne
  Culture Counts, The Daily Courier
  
  
• The Okanagan Cultural Corridor Project by Etienne L'Epine
  Tourism Monitor, Communiqué, May 2001