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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...
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...