Reid Hamer-Jackson

CITY COUNCIL – Mayor wants ban on hiring of family members of councillors

January 29, 2026 // 1 Comment

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has renewed his efforts to eliminate paid meals for council members and staff while attending meetings, and to stop the hiring of close family [Continue]

LETTER – Hamer-Jackson should do the City a favour and name his successor

January 28, 2026 // 4 Comments

Re: ROTHENBURGER – Speculation underway about the mayoral ballot If you’re looking for speculation, here’s my two cents. One needs not to look beyond the faces of [Continue]

REID ALL ABOUT IT – The unbearable rudeness of being at council meetings

January 13, 2026 // 6 Comments

An occasional check on the mayoral life of Reid Hamer-Jackson. For this one, we borrow from the title of the old movie, The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Coun. Kelly Hall, [Continue]

POLICE – Mayor receives apology for beer-pouring incident in night club

November 14, 2025 // 3 Comments

An incident in which beer was poured on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in a local bar has been resolved not in court, but through restorative justice. The mayor filed a claim with [Continue]

REID ALL ABOUT IT – Mayor reaches detente with AG over leaked document

November 10, 2025 // 2 Comments

An occasional look at the mayoral life of Reid Hamer-Jackson: The mayor was in B.C. Supreme Court today (Nov. 10, 2025), representing himself as he faced off against lawyers [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Mayor puts on an unmayoral performance at meeting

November 4, 2025 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF REID HAMER-JACKSON learns just one thing between now and the end of his term as mayor, let it be that he understands when he has won. [Continue]