Performing arts centre

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]

EDITORIAL – Mayor’s proposal to relocate PAC is an idea that came too late

November 25, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony for the performing arts centre set for Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 25, 2025) at the site of the former Kamloops [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City Hall should butt out of PAC’s ‘independent’ management board

September 2, 2025 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NON-PROFIT SOCIETY managing the soon-to-be-built performing arts centre – dubbed the Kamloops Centre for the arts — is a good idea. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – AAP issue is far less about procedure than about when to use it

July 16, 2025 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEW WRITTEN PROCEDURES for conducting an Alternative Approval Process that will soon be adopted by City council do little to fix the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mutual dropping of AAP appeals is a pragmatic solution

March 24, 2025 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GIVE-AND-TAKE resolution reached on the legal case surrounding the City’s handling of approval for Build Kamloops spending is a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proof that the new arts theatre will be a great city amenity

March 11, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EDITH PIAF isn’t my favorite singer; indeed, I was never interested in her music. I have no Piaf recordings and I couldn’t name a single [Continue]