Reid Hamer-Jackson

CITY HALL – Mayor, councillors clash again as he’s removed as chair of meeting

May 14, 2024 // 10 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was removed as chair of today’s Kamloops City council meeting during a raucous conclusion to the session that included a brief walkout by [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The mayor holds on but who’s waiting in the wings?

May 10, 2024 // 7 Comments

THE RESIGNATION of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is going over, as we used to say, like a lead balloon. Or, as some might say these days, like a bucket of farts. It took all of [Continue]

CITY HALL – The mayor of Kamloops gets his office back

May 2, 2024 // 4 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson can once again work in his City Hall office whenever he wants. The mayor confirmed today (May 2, 2024) that he has been given round-the-clock access [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum

April 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is the mayor of Kamloops suddenly only allowed to work 9 to 5?

April 21, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. UPDATE (Sunday afternoon): Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson phoned back to say he’d found an email notifying him and councillors that access [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How to turn an interview with the mayor into a total gong show

April 14, 2024 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME PEOPLE should never be in the same room together. In the case of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and CHNL’s afternoon talker Brett Mineer, [Continue]