Performing arts centre

ROTHENBURGER: What’s the next big edifice for the Tournament Capital?

April 22, 2023 // 1 Comment

BRICKS AND MORTAR, I’ve always maintained, are important because buildings are where we gather, where we heal, and where we work and play. So what’s the next big bricks [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kelson Hall the beginning of a transformation in downtown Kamloops

November 30, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE DOWNTOWN of Kamloops is being transformed. On Monday, Kelson Hall was officially opened. What was a bunker style building for Telus equipment at 330 St. Paul Street [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Getting a PAC requires more guts than some candidates had

October 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE DISAPPOINTING THINGS about the platforms offered by some of the civic election candidates in the now-finished campaign was their [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why holding one big referendum on new facilities would fail

October 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE IDEA THAT THE TRAIL OF MEGA PROJECTS is littered with the bones of failed dreams in Kamloops is something of a myth. It’s true that [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Kamloops has failed in cultural vision set 20 years ago

August 27, 2022 // 4 Comments

TWENTY YEARS AGO, Kamloops was feeling good about itself. The waterfront from Riverside Park to the Red Bridge was being transformed, the art gallery was a popular amenity, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Putting off vote on new performing arts centre is a smart move

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TIMING IS EVERYTHING. Thus it is with the Kamloops performing arts centre. The PAC, as it’s commonly known, won’t be on the ballot as [Continue]