On June 1, 2026, four members of the District of Kitimat Council, Mayor Phil Germuth, Councillors Mario Feldhoff, Edwin Empinado and Graham Pitzel failed in their duty to the residents of Kitimat by voting against participation in the request to join Dawon Creek, Hazelton and Terrace in asking the province to conduct a comprehensive assessment […]
This site has not been that active for the past couple of years. However, Northwest Coast Energy News is only semi-retired. The main reason is simple. It is almost impossible to compete with Facebook. Facebook and Google have a duopoly controlling almost all the world's digital advertising. With even almost all major media losing revenue […]
As of today, June 1, 2015, Northwest Coast Energy News will limit coverage to only certain stories and issues in the Kitimat region. I had already put the site on a limited hiatus as of January 1, as I worked on a somewhat related long term writing project. During that time, which was fairly slow […]
Things are pretty quiet at the moment, so Northwest Coast Energy News is going on a limited hiatus until April while I work on a related project. I will still cover major news of interest to Kitimat residents and those following developments in northwest energy development. Robin
If anyone wanted a snapshot (or for younger folks a selfie) of why the Harper government grounded out at home, never even getting to first base with northwestern British Columbia on Northern Gateway and other resource projects, it can be found in about sixty pages of documents, obtained by Northwest Coast Energy News under the […]
Northwest Coast Energy News has been, to use a phrase familiar in Kitimat, "modernized." The look of the site has been changed to more of a magazine style from the original hard news style. This reflects a change in our focus, which is to take a longer term view of most of the issues involving […]