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Questions Grow Around Kamloops PAC Cost Increases

Questions Grow Around Kamloops PAC Cost Increases

by | Apr 15, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Infrastructure, Municipal Finance

โ€œ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ.โ€ Now the City is claiming the issues driving PAC cost increases were all known and planned forโ€”but when costs were climbing, the story was different. If it was all anticipated, the project wouldnโ€™t be $57 million over the $154M total project...
Do Kamloops Multiplex Cost Claims Match the Timeline?

Do Kamloops Multiplex Cost Claims Match the Timeline?

by | Apr 12, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Infrastructure, Municipal Finance

๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐จ๐คโ€”๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐€๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ โ€˜๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. The City states the AAP court challenge resulted in a 6-month delay and $4โ€“5M in Multiplex costs due to tariffs and economic uncertaintyโ€”based on...
Did Kamloops Withhold $200M in Infrastructure Plans During AAP Vote?

Did Kamloops Withhold $200M in Infrastructure Plans During AAP Vote?

by | Apr 3, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐโ€”๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐›๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ City of Kamloops administration and Council are now blaming the 2024 Alternative Approval Process (AAP) court challenge for delays in borrowing approval for the Tranquille sewer upgrade and McMaster Way land purchase...
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...