The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel questioning hearings and final arguments will bypass Kitimat and most of the communities along the proposed pipeline route, according to a letter to all intervenors from the JRP prompted by questions from the Gitxaala Nation. The Joint Review Panel has not yet issued an official and final procedural directive […]
Tag: Douglas Channel Watch
District of Kitimat Council voted unanimously Monday, March 19, 2012, to invite Enbridge to make a presentation to council about the concerns about avalanches along the Northern Gateway pipeline route that could threaten the town's drinking water. Two weeks earlier Murray Minchin of Douglas Channel Watch gave a detailed presentation that he said showed evidence […]
District of Kitimat Council will consider a motion at its next meeting on March 19 to hold a second community forum on the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. The notice of motion was introduced by Councillor Mario Feldhoff after a request for a new forum by the environmental group Douglas Channel Watch. Murray Minchin called […]
Great Bear photo exhibit makes it to Kitimat
October 31, 2011
Environment Arts The Great Bear Wild photo exhibit arrives in Kitimat Wednesday. The exhibit will open in a Kitimat store front, in the City Centre mall, for a ten day run, on Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011, continuing to Nov. 12. The opening reception is Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Bringing the exhibit to Kitimat […]
Energy Environment Dieter Wagner, of Douglas Channel Watch, briefs District of Kitimat Council on the perils of Wright Sound, Oct. 17, 2011. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) Activists in northwestern British Columbia are ramping up their scrutiny of Enbridge's plans for the Northern Gateway pipeline, including the company's contingency plans in case something goes wrong. […]