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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

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...
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

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐Ž๐ˆ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ What happened at Tuesdayโ€™s council meeting raises serious questionsโ€”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

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ% ๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€”๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐›๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ. Read the iNFOnews article here: Management salaries up 42% at Kamloops city hall over three...