A high turnout is expected Saturday for the non-binding plebiscite where residents of the District of Kitimat can, perhaps, say yes or no to the Enbridge Northern Gateway project. In some ways, it all depends on how people interpret the convoluted question. Warren Weychasen, Kitimat's Deputy Administrative Officer said Thursday 910 people voted during advance […]
In a letter to Northwest Coast Energy News, Murray Minchin says accusations that Douglas Channel Watch is "anti-development" is far from the truth: Dear Editor, Things are heating up in Kitimat as the April 12th Enbridge plebiscite gets closer. Assumptions have been made, and accusations hurled at Douglas Channel Watch for being an anti-development […]
The Kitimat environmental group Douglas Channel Watch has soft launched a new website. It can be found at douglaschannelwatch.ca. At the moment the site redirects to the web designer site, as that company continues to build the site. Full operation of the website is expected to begin in the next few days. Douglas Channel Watch […]
With about three and half weeks to go, the campaigning on the for and against sides for the April 12 Kitimat plebiscite on the Joint Review Panel report on the Northern Gateway has been relatively low key up until now. That changes with the news that Northern Gateway will hold two campaign Open Houses. […]
Monday's District of Kitimat Council meeting was a display of mind-numbing, stubborn political mule-headedness. After a couple of hours of procedural wrangling, confusion over motions and often just plain dumb discussion, four of the seven members of District Council ignored the recommendations from District staff and suggestions from public delegations, and with their majority decided […]
The government of British Columbia has filed a harsh assessment of Enbridge Northern Gateway in its final arguments submitted May 31 to the Joint Review Panel—much harsher than the government press release giving notice of the rejection suggests. "'Trust me' is not good enough in this case,” the filing by BC government lawyer Christopher Jones […]
Enbridge is striking back against the First Nations and intervenors who oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline and marine terminal projects by filing questions that those groups must answer as part of the Joint Review Process. On May 11, 2012, Enbridge filed questions with 24 organizations, and from the questions, it appears that Enbridge isn't just […]
Kitimat is getting ready for the next round of Joint Review hearings in the district on the Enbridge Northern Gateway project. The JRP is scheduled to hold the ten minute comment hearings at the Haisla Recreation Centre on the afternoon of June 25 and 26. The hearings scheduled for June 27 have been cancelled because, the […]
Coastal First Nations have filed a notice of motion with the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel, which, in effect, would compel the province of British Columbia to participate in the proceedings considering the future of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. So far the province, from Premier Christy Clark and Environment Minister Terry Lake […]
The province of British Columbia has told the Northern Gateway Joint Review that it will not provide witnesses for cross-examination during the questioning phase of the hearings. That announcement came today, June 12, 2012, in a letter from Christopher Jones, lawyer for the province, saying that since the province "did not adduce evidence in this […]