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How do you move a 100-year-old, 100-ton rail car? Kamloops Heritage Railway brought in the cranes
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Jan. 12) was moving day for the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR). The society transferred a passenger car built in the late-1920s from an active line to the static display area. How...
Jan 12, 2021
School District 73 names Dr. Rhonda Nixon as new superintendent
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has announced who its new superintendent will be. Dr. Rhonda Nixon was introduced to media via a Zoom call Tuesday morning (Jan. 12). She will begin on...
Jan 12, 2021
Empty vehicle struck by freight train in Valleyview Monday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP and CP Police are investigating after an empty vehicle was struck by a train last night in Valleyview. In an email to CFJC Today, Canadian Pacific says around 11:00 p.m Monday...
Jan 12, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Bring the hammer down on idlers and other road rules abusers
DRIVING LAWS SHOULD BE easy to obey and, yet, so many of us take them as mere suggestions. Some examples today.First up, listen to this story from a viewer:"Yesterday in the Staples parking lot a mass...
Jan 12, 2021
Burnout, mental health concern Kamloops teachers amid pandemic
KAMLOOPS - As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to grow in our region, teachers find themselves perched precariously on the frontline of that fight against the virus. Just one week into the ne...
Jan 11, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Dr. Bonnie Henry seriously needs to rethink her leadership style
WHEN I SUGGESTED recently it might be time for Dr. Bonnie Henry to take a break from being the voice and face of B.C.'s COVID-19 response, it wasn't exactly greeted with agreement.Dr. Henry is still r...
Jan 11, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Here’s to journalists who bravely bear witness to mayhem
THERE WAS A CERTAIN IRONY in finding a copy of The Epoch Times in my mailbox this week on the anniversary of the closing of The Kamloops Daily News.The Epoch Times is a reminder that things aren't lik...
Jan 09, 2021
Staying inside may have helped spur COVID-19 spread in Kamloops: medical health officer
KAMLOOPS - Almost three weeks into winter, and so far, the weather has been mild. However, the virus that kept us apart over the holidays has been the opposite. The week after Christmas saw a dramatic...
Jan 08, 2021
New program aims to help Kamloops businesses embrace technological transformation
KAMLOOPS - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology was changing how businesses were run and customers were reached. As a result of the pandemic, that change has been accelerated. That's one of t...
Jan 07, 2021
Despite gathering limitations, Orthodox Christmas perseveres in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tonight marks Christmas Eve for hundreds of Orthodox Christians around the city. Late-night services and large caroling groups can't be in-person this year, but Orthodox Christmas will stil...
Jan 06, 2021
