Updated with later results. Also , Romeo Saganash of the NDP was declared elected after original publication of this story, so his name has been dropped from the list of NDP stars who lost seats. Skeena Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen retook the riding in landslide in the federal election, Monday October 19. […]
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Enbridge Northern Gateway officials are loath (to put it mildly) to speak to the media but sometimes they let things slip. Earlier this summer, at a social event, I heard an Enbridge official (probably inadvertently) reveal that when the company's engineers came before District of Kitimat Council earlier this year they were surprised and somewhat […]
Editorial Part I: Kitimat needs a world class council
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 […]
You might not be seeing it at the gas pumps at the moment, but you soon will, the price of gas has gone down by 30 per cent since June. Prices of key commodities, oil, coal and iron ore are dropping. And the weakness in the market for two of those commodities oil and iron […]
Corinne Scott resigned from District of Kitimat Council Monday night, effective immediately. Because Scott's resignation comes so close to the fall municipal general election there will be no by-election. Council voted to accept Scott's resignation "with regret." In her letter of resignation Scott said: Please accept this letter as my resignation from Council effective immediately, […]