Katie Neustaeter told Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson “so sue me.” Given the history between them and the City’s decision to fund her legal defence, those three words deserve a closer look.
So Sue Me
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Kamloops City Council
Council Pay Bylaw: What Does Bylaw 71 Really Change?
Kamloops Council has turned its existing pay policy into a bylaw, increased council expense allowances and added a new mechanism to recover money owed to the City. With an election approaching and an unresolved legal-cost dispute involving the Mayor and a councillor, the changes raise some questions about how Council pay should be set and recovered.
Candidate Profile: Nancy Bepple — Community Engagement, With Limits
Nancy Bepple is seeking a fourth term on Kamloops City Council. This candidate profile examines her ten-year record, priorities, public engagement, and council voting history ahead of the 2026 municipal election.
Who Decides What the Public Hears?
Most media coverage of Tuesday’s council meeting focused on whether Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson threatened the Corporate Officer. This article examines a different question: what authority did administration rely upon when directing staff to mute the Mayor’s microphone, and did the circumstances described by the City actually exist?
From Code of Conduct Breach to SILGA President: Bill Sarai’s Uncontested Rise
Kamloops Councillor Bill Sarai has been named SILGA President in an uncontested bid, despite a recent code of conduct breach involving deception and a secretly recorded confrontation with the Mayor.
Kamloops Extends Pathways Shelter Permit
After a packed April 21 meeting, Council approved a 20-month extension while questions about safety, planning, and responsibility remain unresolved A Temporary Shelter, and a Decision That Doesn’t Resolve It When Kamloops Council moved its April 21 meeting to the...