A news release from Premier David Eby says that “the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and LNG Canada reached agreement on enhanced investment co-operation and actions to collectively progress closure of final items to support a potential 2026 Final Investment Decision (FID) of LNG Canada's proposed Phase 2 expansion, a key national […]
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 […]
The Environmental Protection Division of BC's Ministry of Environment is launching a major study of the water quality in the Kitimat valley, first on the Kitimat River and some of its tributaries and later on the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel. There has been no regular sampling by the province in Kitimat since 1995 (while […]
The Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat has received a facility permit from the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC), the company said Tuesday. A news release from LNG Canada says the permit is one of the key permits required for the construction and operation of the proposed LNG Canada project. LNG Canada is the […]
The Haisla Nation celebrated the signing of an incremental treaty agreement with the British Columbia government Tuesday at the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village. The treaty will see the return of Haisla lands on the shore of Douglas Channel of Lots 305 and 306 south of the Kitamaat Village, designated Indian Reserve #2 and […]
This story has been updated and corrected. On clarification Capilano mediation is not having a direct affect. Earlier, Updated with profile of District lawyer Adriana Wills The bitter dispute between the District of Kitimat and its striking municipal employees is going to mediation. The news release from the District of Kitimat says the BC Labour Relations […]
The elected council of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have signed an agreement with British Columbia for the proposed Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project, a news release from the province says. The news release says: The Wet'suwet'en First Nation will receive approximately $2.8 million from the Province at three different stages in the CGL project: $464,000 upon […]
The province of British Columbia has posted a request for bids for an extensive air shed study for Prince Rupert, a study that has much wider scope that the controversial Kitimat air shed study. The maximum cost for the study is set at $500,000. The BC Bid site is asking for a study of potential […]
Kitimat voters in the upcoming municipal election should carefully, very carefully, consider who are the best candidates that will, as much as humanly possible, produce a “world class” municipal mayor and council. Northwest Coast Energy News will not endorse any individual for mayor or council in the 2014 municipal election. However, this election is probably […]