Performing arts centre

CITY COUNCIL – Mayor to try again to put off PAC, arena projects for a year

March 10, 2026 // 2 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson will try again to have the new $211-million performing arts centre and $140 million multi-sheet arena projects postponed. The projects were approved [Continue]

ARTS CENTRE – Traffic will be disrupted as construction gets underway

January 30, 2026 // 1 Comment

Construction on the Kamloops Centre for the Arts — commonly called the PAC — will shift into full gear on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at 393 Seymour Street. The asphalt and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – After which corporation should we brand the PAC?

December 3, 2025 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT construction of the Kamloops arts centre is officially underway, what shall we call it? At the beginning it was known simply by the [Continue]

LETTER – Referendum process would have revealed problems with PAC site

December 1, 2025 // 3 Comments

If Council had taken the democratic route and pursued a referendum rather than relying on the Alternate Approval Process (AAP) for the Multiplex and the Performing Arts [Continue]

ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT – Shovels officially in the ground for arts centre

November 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

Shovels hit the dirt today to get construction of Kamloops’ new performing arts theatre officially underway. The digging consisted of a couple of tosses of soil that [Continue]

LETTER – Build first, explain later — the real story behind the arts centre

November 25, 2025 // 1 Comment

The news that the performing arts centre (PAC) cost has climbed to $211 million shouldn’t surprise anyone—least of all City Hall. The AAP capped borrowing at $140 [Continue]