The December 13 Hypothetical That Wasn’t So Hypothetical During the December 13, 2022 regular Council meeting's Public Inquiries section, there were a couple inquiries about closed meetings. At one point, an unidentified voice — not clearly captured on microphone —...
A second defamation lawsuit between Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillor Katie Neustaeter turns on a key question: when does “observing” become “spying”? Court transcripts show Neustaeter acknowledged that “spying” was her interpretation of the Mayor’s email and that the bathroom in question was not visible from his office. This article examines how a restricted-area inquiry escalated into allegations of monitoring women in a washroom, how the first lawsuit was dismissed under anti-SLAPP protections, and why Council’s decision to indemnify the councillor raises accountability questions.
A personal reflection on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, voter intent, and why change in Kamloops was always going to be uncomfortable — and why that matters.