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City of Kamloops
Kamloops Mayor Defamation Case: “Observed” vs “Spying”
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.
The Mayor Who Wouldn’t Stay Down
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.
Council Won’t Say Who Owns Comet Shares
After three emails and nearly three months, only the Mayor responded. When I published Why the O’Reilly Case Matters in Kamloops , I suggested the case was about more than one councillor or one complaint. It was about whether City Council understands what ethical...
Protected Speech Is Not Vindication
In the days following the dismissal of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s defamation lawsuit, Councillor Katie Neustaeter has characterized the court’s decision as vindication. That word is doing far more work than the judgment itself supports. The court didn't declare the...
Free Speech Won. That’s Not the Whole Story
Local coverage of Hamer-Jackson v. Neustaeter has settled into a comfortable, low-effort storyline: Free speech wins. Case dismissed. Move along. It’s tidy. It’s simple. It’s also incomplete in a way that meaningfully misleads readers. Justice J. Hughes did not...