Council Dismisses Questions as Costs Rise on Kamloops PAC
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 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...
Call to Pause Kamloops PAC and Multiplex Projects
At last week’s Council meeting (March 10), Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson introduced a motion to postpone/delay the PAC and Multiplex projects for up to one year, halt further spending and contracts, and require a staff report on the financial and legal impacts. The...
Kamloops City Hall Management Salaries Up 42% in Three Years
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...
Kamloops Seeks $40M Short‑Term Loan
Kamloops has authorized short-term borrowing before, although not at this scale. Read the iNFOnews article here: Kamloops city hall needs a $40M payday loanIn the News
SOUND OFF: Kamloops deserves the full story | CFJC Today Kamloops
A VIDEO CONTAINING CLIPS from last week's city council meeting is drawing strong reaction on social media. Bey...
SOUND OFF: Build first, explain later — the real story behind the PAC | CFJC Today Kamloops
THE NEWS THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (PAC) cost has climbed to $211 million shouldn't surprise anyone - le...
Ahead of public submissions, KCU outlines concerns with proposed AAP policy changes | CFJC Today Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council has begun the work of formalizing a policy around future Alternative Approval...
STATEMENTS – City withdraws appeal, so does Kamloops Citizens United – ArmchairMayor.ca
NOTE: The City of Kamloops and Kamloops Citizens United have both issued news releases on the Alternative Approval Process legal case. Here’s the full text of both: News release from City of Kamloops, March 24, 2025 Build Kamloops Definitively Moves Forward Kamloops, BC — Build Kamloops is moving forward after months of delay following a legal challenge.…
SOUND OFF: Transparency and accountability — setting the record straight | CFJC Today Kamloops
RECENT CFJC EDITORIALS by James Peters and Joey Jack have suggested that Kamloops Citizens United (KCU) should...
Kamloops council adopts new guidelines for holding AAPs; staff to report back on mail out option - CastanetKamloops.net