Category: First Nations

Danielle Smith rules out Kitimat for bitumen pipeline: CBC

CBC news reports from the Premier's conference that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters Thursday that she is not considering Kitimat, B.C., as a port for the proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as detailed in an agreement with Ottawa. Smith said she's weighing other options for the route, saying 'we're willing to go […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Coastal First Nations leadership in Prince Rupert

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), […]

Ellis Ross votes for Conservative motion in favour of bitumen pipeline and tankers

  Fifteen years ago, as reported on this site,  Ellis Ross, then elected Chief Counsellor for the Haisla Nation led the fight against Enbridge's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to Kitimat. Now he's the Conservative Member of Parliament for Skeena Bulkley Valley. Today, December 9, he voted for the Conservative motion in the House of […]

The Alberta Canada Memorandum of Understanding and other documents

  The Memorandum  of Understanding between Canada  and Alberta (pdf) exc-mou-goc-and-goa-energy-collaboration 41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers West Coast Environmental Law (PDF) 41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers _ West Coast Environmental Law Coastal First Nations dismiss pipeline MOU (PDF) Coastal First Nations Dismiss Pipeline […]

Joint Statement of Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat on Alberta Canada MOU

On Wednesay, November 26, 2025, the day before the details of the Alberta Canada Memorandum of Argreement, the Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat issued this joint statement. November 26, 2025 – Haisla Traditional Territory, British Columbia Yesterday afternoon, Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The meeting provided an […]

Kitimat unveils metal memorial tree for missing and murdered indigenous women

A welded and sculpted metal tree created by two Grade 12 students in memory of Canada's murdered and missing indigenous women and girls was unveiled in the lobby of the Kitimat Valley Institute on Friday, October 4, 2109, where it will be on permanent display. The tree was created by Trinity Harry, 17,  Ojibwa Nation, […]

Kitimat welcomes new BC NDP government LNG policy

UPDATED with District of Kitimat news release The District of Kitimat is very pleased with the decision that the BC government issued today removing some of the barriers associated with the establishment of an LNG industry in BC. This will promote access for natural gas from BC to be exported as LNG to international markets. […]

Second mate of tug Nathan E. Stewart asleep on watch when it grounded off Bella Bella: NTSB

The second mate of the tug Nathan E. Stewart fell asleep on watch when the tug grounded off Bella Bella, on October 13, 2016, according to an investigation report released by the United States  National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB also  said “Contributing to the grounding was the ineffective implementation of the company’s safety management […]