Five days after the announcement that the private port of Kitimat will become a public port under federal jurisdiction, Transport Canada is now promising to consult District of Kitimat officials as the Douglas Channel waterfront transitions to a public port. … Continue reading
Joe Oliver, the Minister of Natural Resources, has confirmed that the federal government intends to make Kitimat a public port. Oliver was in Terrace, March 19, 2013, to announce the appointment of Vancouver lawyer Douglas Eyford as “Special Federal Representative … Continue reading
Coastal First Nations have pulled out of the Joint Review hearings in Prince Rupert. In a news release, Art Sterritt, executive director said: This is a David and Goliath scenario, said Art Sterritt. “It seems the only party that can … Continue reading
A follow up study by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on the discovery of prehistoric slope failure tsunamis in Douglas Channel concludes that the events would have had minimal impact on Kitimat but would have destroyed Hartley Bay. The … Continue reading
Photogallery. For full screen mode with captions, click on the box to the right of the bottom menu bar. The long, magnificent fjord known as Douglas Channel was carved by a glacier thousands of years ago, some of the islands … Continue reading
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has denied four out of the five requests from Coastal First Nations to question the province of British Columbia about its position on the controversial pipeline and tanker project. A decision on the fifth … Continue reading
If there is a major disconnect between the people who live in the Kitimat region and the rest of Canada, it is the question of vessel traffic on the Douglas Channel, with Enbridge spinning that there is already major tanker … Continue reading
Updated with Alterra comments. A Vancouver-based energy company, Alterra Power Corp, today, May 18, 2012, announced the acquisition of three wind farm sites off the northernwestern British Columbia coast. A news release from Alterra notes that the three “early-stage wind … Continue reading
The Gitga’at First Nation at Hartley Bay report that a large oil slick has been spotted in Grenville Channel near Hartley Bay. It is believed that the oil is coming from the USAT Brigadier General M.G. Zalinski, a U.S. army transport … Continue reading
A couple from Vancouver, who refused to give their names, unfurl an anti-Pacific Trails Pipeline banner at the British Columbia legislature in Victoria, Sunday, April 15, 2012. The man said he against all pipelines and that he was supporting the … Continue reading
