The northern bitumen pipeline wars could be about to begin all over again Documents obtained by CBC News in the story Alberta considering 3 oil pipeline routes through northern B.C., the documents show show Alberta’s proposed pipeline routes through northern British Columbia. The pipelines would reach ports on the coast, including Prince Rupert and farther […]
Updated with statements from Coastal First Nations and Gitga'at Nation Second update: Statement from the Heiltsuk Nation January 13, 2026 Official statement from Prime Mnister Mark Carney after meeting with First Nations leaders Prince Rupert, British Columbia Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), […]
US President Donald Trump has opened large areas of Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska just north of the BC border to oil leases. The additional leases also allow more drilling the Arctic. If drilling and production does go ahead, which isn't certain, that might also mean there could be even more oil tanker traffic […]
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 […]
Two related scientific papers published in the past two weeks, one on the First Peoples initial settlement of coastal North America and the second giving a probable new timeline of the retreat of the glaciers during the last Ice Age, taken together are likely confirmation of the Haisla story of how that nation first settled […]
Petronas Tuesday issued the following news release: PETRONAS AND PARTNERS WILL NOT PROCEED WITH PACIFIC NORTHWEST LNG PROJECT Malaysia’s energy company remains committed to developing its gas assets in Canada KUALA LUMPUR, 26 July 2017 – PETRONAS and its partners have decided not to proceed with the Pacific NorthWest LNG project at Port Edward in […]
The immune system genes that protected north coast First Nations from possibly dangerous local pathogens thousands of years ago likely increased their vulnerability to European diseases in the nineteenth century, resulting in the disastrous population crash, a new genetic study has discovered. The study which included members of the Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla First Nations […]
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 […]
British Columbia says it is implementing new radio protocols for forest service roads in the Kitimat region that will take effect on November 2. The news release from Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations says: New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented throughout B.C. to improve safety for resource road users. The changes include […]
The United States Coast Guard says the US and Canadian Coast Guards will "conduct a towing evolution using a State of Alaska Emergency Towing System" on Friday afternoon off Juneau, Alaska. The participating vessels are the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Service Vessel and Ice Strengthened Medium Navaids Tender CCGS Bartlett and the US Coast Guard cutter USGC Maple. Like […]