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 Keeping Score: Madaisky signs first NHL deal
"If you're Josh Beckett," writes Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, "it's time to make a decision. That pitching you're doing is hurting your golf game." . . . So do you think that Toronto Blue Jays hotshot Brett Lawrie got the message that...
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 Farewell to my sunny city friends
It's time to say goodbye. I have lived in this beautiful city for 31 years and I have to leave. I'll miss the sunshine and the balmy summer nights, but most of all I'll miss the wonderful people.
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 Education adrift: schools' report card
But first, to paraphrase an acclaimed writer Colon Toibin: you may take a man out of a town, but you can’t take the town out of the man. And that’s how I feel towards Kamloops, a town that put me on the school board by a substantial majority once. For that I’ll always be grateful....
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 Tory reaction disappointing
Oh, to be a Conservative MP in Ottawa these days. Majority government. Fat pension benefits waiting in the wings. No real need to respond to criticism, however constructive it might be.
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 Time to freshen up banners
Around Christmas, I emailed the City of Kamloops mayor requesting that the banners on Overlanders Bridge be exchanged for something new and festive as a lot of visitors are in our fine city to visit for the Christmas holidays and they were starting to look faded and worn....
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 Doctors not interested in unhealthy cities
Re: Letter in Thursday, May 10 Daily News entitled "Dust not a big factor, but good jobs sure are."It is interesting to note that the author of the above letter, Mr. Cantin, describes having many years of experience as a diamond driller throughout the world....
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 Kamloops back on Tour's calendar
The Canada Tour will indeed be stopping in Kamloops this summer.The Home Hardware Pro Am is scheduled for Sun Rivers Golf Course, June 13-15, and the field is expected to include Roger Sloan of Merritt.Last summer, Sloan won the inaugural Western
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 Gilchrist: Get to know who grows your food
Spare change rules the roost at Gerry Hutchison’s booth at the downtown Farmers’ Market.The Pritchard farmer sells around 50-60 dozen eggs at the Wednesday event, which nearly doubles his weekly delivery sales to local businesses, the core of his operation....
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 Ontario police watchdog offers solid suggestions
While the RCMP watchdog may have gone easy on the national force in a review of its conduct during the G8/G20, its Ontario counterpart held nothing back with scathing criticism of how municipal, regional and provincial police behaved at the summit....
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 Walker: More trucks but fewer inspectors
If B.C.’s population increased by half in the course of a decade and the number of police officers reduced by more than a quarter during that time, tough questions would be asked about the level of safety in our communities. But that is exactly what is happening on B.C. roads....
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 Cycling club ready to hold open event
Road racing has enjoyed something of a resurgence of late, so what better way to showcase that than by holding a four-stage cycling event?The Interior Grasslands Cycling Club will be playing host to the Arrow Transportation System Masters Event on
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 Rothenburger: Question: to pray or not to pray?
It’s not uncommon, when public institutions hereabouts hold a ceremony to open a new building or mark a milestone of some kind, to invite elders from our local First Nations to offer a prayer.
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 Lack of doctors frustrating for MS patient
After reading Tracy Gilchrist's May 11 column ("Hope-for-the-best style medicare"), I wanted to share that I too have had similar experiences with the Kamloops medical system.
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 Time cover no big deal
There’s little doubt Time magazine made a killing at the newsstands this week with its latest cover showing a mom breastfeeding her three-year-old boy.
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 Leyne: New bills reveal grab-bag style
What is Premier Christy Clark's government all about?People make their judgments based on their personal impressions of the woman or on the policy announcements she makes.
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 New flight school lands in Kamloops
It’s the kind of school that’s supposed to have students left up in the air.The Canadian Flight Centre, based in the Lower Mainland, has opened its first branch — in Kamloops.
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 Bridging the gap with deterrents
If you park too long in one spot, or if your dog barks too much, you are subject to a fine under City bylaws. But if you drive your tractor-trailer unit into the Fortune Drive overpass, it’s okay.
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 Knox: Too hurt to work, too broke to stop
I put my back out the other day. It refused to come back in.I stood on the porch and whistled, but it was gone, just like my first dog, Flash. Perhaps my back has gone to live on a farm somewhere.
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 Schultz may be coming to end of the road
If Emily Schultz gets her wish, next week's Canadian gymnastics championships will be the final competition of her career.Schultz, 23, will be in Regina for nationals, which run May 22-26. She will be performing May 24, when the national open
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 Nabata has high hopes, despite rough season
The gymnastics season started off "pretty badly" for the Kamloops Gymnastics Trampoline Centre's Scott Nabata.And, by "pretty badly," he means three major injuries that cost him two months of training - that's all.Nabata is getting ready to compete...
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 Nothing in Kinder Morgan pipe plan benefits residents
Kudos should go to TNRD Director Tim Pennell for expressing residents' concerns regarding the expansion of Kinder-Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. It is a project which will see no benefit to the North Thompson while the area will be exposed to all of the risks....
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