Reid Hamer-Jackson's Tenure as Kamloops Mayor: Conflict and Electoral Change
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Coverage of conflicts during Reid Hamer-Jackson's time as Kamloops mayor, including disputes with council members and staff, legal battles resulting in significant costs to the city, and his subsequent defeat in the mayoral election as voters chose former councillor Mike O'Reilly to replace him.
Coverage Timeline
- Oct 28 CITY COUNCIL – Praise, congrats, advice and a tearful so long at final meeting ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- WATCH: Looking back at a tumultuous four years around the Kamloops council table ↗ CFJC Today details
- Oct 19 'I guess it was a heart attack': Outgoing Kamloops mayor in hospital ↗ CBC News British Columbia details
- Oct 18 Kamloops leans toward change and stability in same vote ↗ Radio NL details
- In possible bid for harmony, voters sweep out incumbents for experienced rivals in multiple mayoral races ↗ CBC News British Columbia details
- Kamloops voters choose former councillor Mike O’Reilly as mayor ↗ CBC News British Columbia details
- Oct 16 Kamloops mayor, team won’t confirm or deny hospitalization rumours in final campaign week | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
- Oct 14 KAMLOOPS MAYORAL ISSUE #1 – Council infighting and dysfunction ↗ CFJC Today details
- Oct 9 CIVIC ELECTION – Mayor, CFJC in verbal spat over televised candidates’ debate ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Oct 7 CITY COUNCIL – Take a polygraph and I will too, mayor challenges Neustaeter ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Oct 6 Kamloops spent $330,000 defending mayor's lawsuits: Will he have to pay it all? | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
- Oct 3 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Neustaeter hopes her legal victory ‘will protect others’ ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Kamloops councillor awarded 'precedent-setting' costs, damages in mayor's defamation suit ↗ CBC News British Columbia details
- Judge orders Kamloops mayor to damages, legal costs in 'retributive' lawsuit | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
- Oct 2 Judge awards Neustaeter costs, damages after victory in Hamer-Jackson defamation suit ↗ CFJC Today details
- Sep 10 ROTHENBURGER – The mayor’s complicated road to nomination ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Sep 4 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Mayor wants disclosure of ‘harassment’ documents ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 15 CITY HALL – Mayor told to ‘cease and desist unfounded accusations’ ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 13 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Who knew what, and when, about those blocked texts? ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 10 ROTHENBURGER – Confusion over mayor’s absence all came down to blocked texts ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jul 17 ROTHENBURGER – What was really behind the latest microphone fracas ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jul 15 Council yet to discuss potential discipline after mayor’s public threat to suspend City of Kamloops staffer ↗ CFJC Today details
- Kamloops mayor threatens to suspend employee during council meeting | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
- Jul 14 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Council didn’t like his mike complaint so they cut him off ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jun 24 EDITORIAL – Once again, there’s been a failure to communicate at City Hall ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jun 23 With his wife hospitalized, Kamloops mayor misses council meeting | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
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Kamloops leans toward change and stability in same vote ↗Oct 18, 2026 · details
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Key People, Organizations, and Places
person: Reid Hamer-Jackson , Katie Neustaeter , Mike O'Reilly , Dale Bass , Maria Mazzotta , Mel Rothenburger , Lori Hamer-Jackson , Jesse Ritcey , Nancy Bepple , Nelly Dever , Margot Middleton , Bill Sarai , Byron McCorkell , Justice Jacqueline Hughes , Randy Sunderman , Rob Bertrand , Christopher Mitra
government_body: City of Kamloops , Kamloops City Council , British Columbia Supreme Court
city: Kamloops , Penticton , Prince George
public_facility: Kamloops Law Courts
organization: Armchair Mayor (blog) , Armchair Mayor , CFJC Today
health_facility: Royal Inland Hospital
unknown: Protection of Public Participation Act (anti-SLAPP)
event: 2026 Kamloops municipal election
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