A Kamloops Bridge United a Community. Then It Burned - The Tyee

Listen to this article 11 min For nearly 90 years, Kamloops’ Red Bridge stretched across the South Thompson River, its weathered timber deck and distinctive, painted handrails and piers making it one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks. ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERS What’s Up Docs? Female filmmakers find big ideas in even the smallest subjects in documentaries at VIFF Centre this month. Today, the approach to the bridge ends at a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. For nearly two years now, an orange “Bridge Closed” sign has hung on the fence, marki…