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AAP Deadline Approaching: Will You Submit Your Response Before May 29?

AAP Deadline Approaching: Will You Submit Your Response Before May 29?

by | May 6, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐€๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž? The Tranquille sewer project makes senseโ€”it’s what AAPs have typically been used for in the past. At the same time, how do you feel about moving ahead with the McMaster land purchase for...
Kamloops Faces High Wildfire Riskโ€”But Where Is the Public Plan?

Kamloops Faces High Wildfire Riskโ€”But Where Is the Public Plan?

by | May 1, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐šโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ? โ€ข ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ, ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. โ†’ What does that mean for residents today? โ€ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ...
What Was Left Out of Kamloopsโ€™ AAP Court Decision Messaging?

What Was Left Out of Kamloopsโ€™ AAP Court Decision Messaging?

by | Apr 20, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Media & Communications, Municipal Finance

๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ. As the City continues to reference the February 2025 AAP court decision, itโ€™s worth revisiting its communications during that time. The legal win was highlightedโ€”but serious observations...
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...