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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

𝑾𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝑲𝑪𝑼 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏: 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 “𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬” 𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞. KCU welcomed Council’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

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 $𝟐𝟏𝟏𝐌 𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬? Across B.C. and Canada, new large standalone performing arts centre builds are very rare—and that’s not a coincidence. PACs are extremely expensive and typically depend on significant external...
New Questions Emerge in Kamloops City Hall FOI Controversy

New Questions Emerge in Kamloops City Hall FOI Controversy

by | Mar 13, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Politics, Transparency & Accountability

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬’ 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐎𝐈 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 What happened at Tuesday’s council meeting raises serious questions—and new information is now complicating the story further. The issue centres on a motion brought forward by Councillor Margot Middleton regarding a...
Kamloops City Hall Management Salaries Up 42% in Three Years

Kamloops City Hall Management Salaries Up 42% in Three Years

by | Mar 10, 2026 | City Budget, Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝟒𝟐% 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬—𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 $𝟔𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭. Read the iNFOnews article here: Management salaries up 42% at Kamloops city hall over three...