The District of Kitimat has issued a boil water advisory. Late Saturday evening, the District issued this statement on their website Due to the significant rainfall, water entering the District of Kitimat's system is turbid. The District is still treating water, however, until further notice, boil water for 2 solid minutes before using it for […]
It appears that the Stephen Harper's strategy for approving Northern Gateway has been revealed on background to The Globe and Mail's Gary Mason. (Either it's a revelation or a trial balloon). It comes down to the idea that Harper will approve Gateway “in the national interest,” count on a vote split between the NDP and […]
Environment Canada is cutting its Compliance Promotion and Enforcement, marine pollution and emergency response budgets over the coming years, raising questions when cuts to other federal departments are added in, about just how the department can continue to operate, much less enforce the 209 conditions that the Joint Review Panel has laid down for the […]
The Haisla Nation are calling on the federal cabinet to postpone its decision on the Northern Gateway project to allow time for adequate consultations with First Nations, according to the Haisla response to the Joint Review Panel, seen by Northwest Coast Energy News. The Joint Review Panel report and recommendations were released on Dec. 19, […]
The Haisla Nation response to the federal government's request for consultation on the Joint Review Panel report on the Northern Gateway lists what the First Nation sees as flaws in the panel's assessment of the project. (The Haisla filed their first list of flaws in the JRP in a court challenge). In the response, seen […]
The Haisla Nation in their response to the Crown on the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel details four studies, three Canadian and one American that were released after the Joint Review evidentiary deadline had passed, evidence that the Haisla say should be considered in any consideration of the Northern Gateway pipeline, terminal and tanker project. […]
Updates with Gitga'at court challenge The Haisla Nation have filed a challenge to the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel with the Federal Court of Appeal requesting that court quash the JRP findings. The Haisla suit comes at a time that a coalition of environmental groups and the Gitxaala Nation are asking for court reviews of […]
On January 16, Fisheries and Oceans issued a statement "clarifying" its role after signing an agreement with the National Energy Board on fisheries protection along pipeline routes, saying DFO "remains responsible for fisheries protection, including the issuance of Fisheries Act authorizations." Fisheries and Oceans signed the agreement with the National Energy Board in mid-December. DFO […]
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says at least two of the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel’s 209 conditions may already be outdated. In a news release January 15, 2013, Cullen said, “The requirement of $950 million in spill insurance was recently called into question as reports surfaced of cleanup costs at the sites of […]
If you read both the 76 pages of Volume One of the Northern Gateway Joint Review decision and the 417 pages of Volume 2, a total of 493 pages, one word keeps reappearing. That word is “burden.” The JRP panel asks “How did we weigh the balance of burdens, benefits, and risks?” And […]