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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026
S Q U A M I S H C H I E F. C O M
REPORT REVEALS ‘COMPOUNDING FACTORS’ BEHIND FALL ARENA CLOSURE
A new report outlines how renovations, pool mechanical failures, and undersized dehumidifiers caused the September 2025 closure of the Brennan Park ice arena JENNIFER THUNCHER
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ore details about what caused the closure of the Brennan Park ice arena for three weeks in September of 2025 are now available. A Root Cause Analysis report, prepared by Summit Building Consultants for the District, was part of the council package for the Feb. 17 meeting. To complete the report, the consultant visited the rec centre for a review on Nov. 26, 2025. District staff were not present at the meeting to speak to the report in detail.
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There is currently a temporary entrance to the Brennan Park arena, while rennovations continue.
Councillor Jenna Stoner put forward a motion, which was unanimously supported by council, to bring the report back for discussion at a future committee of the whole meeting for discussion. Councillors proposed a range of questions they had that they would like addressed at the future meeting about both what is in the
report and also how to prevent such contributing factors in the future.
BACKGROUND On Sept. 2, 2025, the District temporarily closed the arena. It remained closed until Sept. 20. All programming and public uses of the
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rink were cancelled, including the start of the hockey and figure skating seasons. The District cited the cause of the problem as humidity issues in the rink resulting from the renovation work that temporarily removed a portion of a wall between the rink RINK: Continued on 2