On May 27, 2026 at a forum in Kitimat called “What Are the Health Harms of Flaring from LNG?” Kitimat resident and registered nurse Ankur Patel told the audience, “An experiment[is] being done in our community and in ways that we have never seen before. This industry is developed in a way that's […]
A news release from Premier David Eby says that “the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and LNG Canada reached agreement on enhanced investment co-operation and actions to collectively progress closure of final items to support a potential 2026 Final Investment Decision (FID) of LNG Canada's proposed Phase 2 expansion, a key national […]
In 2011, J. P. Morgan Chase, Jeffery Epstein’s bank, tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat, US Justice Dept files reveal. The Justice Department’s wide ranging release of files on convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has yielded a surprising footnote, the first hints of liquefied natural gas development in Kitimat. Epstein was […]
The LNG Canada flare spiked at 260 million standard cubic feet per day or about 7,362,380 cubic metres per day during production problems with Train 2 during October, satellite data obtained by Northwest Coast Energy News can reveal. That is much higher than the expected 11,000 cubic metres per day for normal plant operations and […]
Analysis (Long Read) A crowd gathers at the Kitimat CN Station sometime in 1955. This picture may be of the station opening since the windows and trim are unpainted. (Walter Turkenburg/Kitimat Museum & Archives. ) See Note 1. UPDATE: There will be a public meeting to discuss the future of the station in Kitimat on […]
District of Kitimat Council voted Monday five to two to create a “working group” of “concerned citizens and community groups” to consider the future of riverbank camping along the Kitimat river. The working group will consider issues such as access to the river, pollution and how to control extended camping along the river. That vote […]
Analysis Monday's decision by LNG Canada to postpone the all-important Final Investment Decision for the Kitimat liguified natural gas project came as a momentary shock—but no real surprise. After the Brexit vote, you could see the hold button blinking from across the Atlantic. Andy Calitz CEO of LNG Canada and a long time, experienced, executive […]
The British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board has upheld Rio Tinto's plans for sulphur dioxide emissions in the Kitimat airshed and dismissed the appeal from residents Emily Toews and Elisabeth Stannus. The 113 page decision was released by the EAB late on December 23. It contains a series of recommendations for further studies and monitoring of […]
Members of Unifor 2301 rallied in front of the Rio Tinto offices at City Centre Mall in Kitimat, Wednesday, October 7, to protest against what they called "precarious work" and health and safety issues at the Rio Tinto BC Operations aluminum smelter. The rally was part what the union calls a "Rio Tinto Global Day […]
Kitimat Unifor local 2301 has succeeded in forcing the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) to take responsibility for investigating the impact of plans for a dramatic increase of sulphur dioxide (SO2) at the Rio Tinto smelter in Kitimat. The BC Supreme Court has sided with Unifor in a judicial review involving the Ministry of Environment's approval […]