Performing arts centre

LETTER – Chamber of Commerce urges ‘Yes’ vote on performing arts centre

February 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

February 10, 2020 Letter to Mayor Ken Christian RE: Letter of support for Kamloops Centre for the Arts Dear Mayor Christian: The Board of Directors of the Kamloops Chamber [Continue]

PETERS – Cities, like individuals, can support both sports and the arts

February 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT, as the arts centre debate heats up in Kamloops, the comparison to sports facilities is made. We are the Tournament Capital of Canada, after all, so we [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A lot of ‘breaking news’ stories sound all too familiar

January 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

WATCHING FROM THE DISTANT and rainy shores of Vancouver Island, I sometimes find myself amused – in a head-scratching kind of way – by breaking news stories in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: PAC opponents, come out, come out, wherever you are

January 23, 2020 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN CASE YOU WERE wondering if anybody was going to form an opposition to the performing arts centre, there is one. Well, sort of. A Facebook [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Five important things Kamloops must get done in 2020

December 28, 2019 // 4 Comments

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS have never been much of a thing with me. I tend to make them as easy as possible in order to avoid failure. In 2020, for example, I will vow to pay [Continue]

PETERS – When it comes to the PAC, are there any undecided voters?

December 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

APRIL 4 IS THE DAY we all get to have our say on the latest Performing Arts Centre proposal, and the prospect of funding it through borrowing a large sum and paying it back [Continue]