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Did Castanet Ask the Hard Questions on Kamloopsโ€™ $350M Projects?

Did Castanet Ask the Hard Questions on Kamloopsโ€™ $350M Projects?

by | Mar 30, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Local Media

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ? In a March 26 Castanet article (see screenshots), residents are expected to accept vague claims from council members without any documentation or basic fact-checking. Thatโ€™s not...
Council Dismisses Questions as Costs Rise on Kamloops PAC

Council Dismisses Questions as Costs Rise on Kamloops PAC

by | Mar 26, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

๐‘พ๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐‘ช๐‘ผ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’: ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ โ€œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ€ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž. KCU welcomed Councilโ€™s willingness to second a motion to pause the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) and...
Why Are Kamloops Taxpayers Funding 86% of a $211M PAC?

Why Are Kamloops Taxpayers Funding 86% of a $211M PAC?

by | Mar 23, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Œ ๐๐€๐‚ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ? Across B.C. and Canada, new large standalone performing arts centre builds are very rareโ€”and thatโ€™s not a coincidence. PACs are extremely expensive and typically depend on significant external...