The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel today denied a request from Skeena Bulkley Valley MP to reconsider its decision not to hold the questioning round of final hearings in Kitimat. The JRP is still reserving its decision on locations for final arguments. The panel had previously decided to hold those hearings in Prince Rupert, Prince […]
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The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel will bypass Kitimat for the final questioning hearings on the controversial pipeline. In a ruling issued late on July 4, 2012, the JRP said the questioning hearings will begin on September 4, 2012 in Edmonton followed by hearings in Prince George and Prince Rupert. The JRP says a more […]
The Northern Gateway Joint Review secretariat has issued a draft final report on the May 30 procedural conference concerning the final two phases of the hearings, questioning and final arguments. There was strong support from some participants, including Northern Gateway, for holding portions of the questioning round and final arguments in Kitimat. The JRP released […]
Both the province of British Columbia and the Haisla Nation have filed strong objections with the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel about the panel's plans to bypass Kitimat for the questioning and final argument phases of its examination of the controversial pipeline project. At present, the Joint Review Panel plans to hold questioning hearings in […]
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 […]