The District of Kitimat announced March 26, 2026 that former mayor Joanne Monaghan has died. Photogallery In memory of Joanne Monaghan The news release from the District reads. he District of Kitimat is saddened to learn of the passing of former Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan. Joanne joined Kitimat Council in 1980 as Alderman (a title […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the ceremonial puck drop at the charity hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks Alumni and the Kitimat Winterhawks Coaches, Saturday, April 28, 2018, Susannah Pierce Director External Relations for LNG Canada announced the company will donate a school bus equipped with three point seat belts for Mt. Elizabeth Secondary School's sports teams. At the […]
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. […]
THE RIVERBANK PAPERS: After the flash flood on September 11, 2017, Northwest Coast Energy News filed Freedom of Information/Access to Information requests with a number of provincial and federal agencies who have jurisdiction over the Kitimat river and riverbank camping. The first response to the FOI request is from the Ministry of Forest, Lands […]