Fifteen years ago, as reported on this site, Ellis Ross, then elected Chief Counsellor for the Haisla Nation led the fight against Enbridge's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to Kitimat. Now he's the Conservative Member of Parliament for Skeena Bulkley Valley. Today, December 9, he voted for the Conservative motion in the House of […]
On Wednesay, November 26, 2025, the day before the details of the Alberta Canada Memorandum of Argreement, the Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat issued this joint statement. November 26, 2025 – Haisla Traditional Territory, British Columbia Yesterday afternoon, Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The meeting provided an […]
A welded and sculpted metal tree created by two Grade 12 students in memory of Canada's murdered and missing indigenous women and girls was unveiled in the lobby of the Kitimat Valley Institute on Friday, October 4, 2109, where it will be on permanent display. The tree was created by Trinity Harry, 17, Ojibwa Nation, […]
Two related scientific papers published in the past two weeks, one on the First Peoples initial settlement of coastal North America and the second giving a probable new timeline of the retreat of the glaciers during the last Ice Age, taken together are likely confirmation of the Haisla story of how that nation first settled […]
UPDATED with comments from District of Kitimat, Terrace and the Gitga'at Nation A preliminary seismic hazard assessment by Natural Resources Canada has identified possible earthquake scenarios for the Douglas Channel near Hartley Bay, Terrace and Bella Bella. The same studies indicate that while Kitimat may not be directly in a seismic zone prolonged earthquakes cause […]
Northern Gateway pipelines says the company will not appeal the Federal Court of Appeal decision that blocked the approval certificate by the Joint Review Panel and the National Energy Board because there had been insufficient consultation with First Nations. UPDATE Vancouver Sun reports Federal government will also not appeal decision OTTAWA — The federal […]
The September issue of National Geographic includes a large map of British Columbia it calls "Claiming British Columbia." The map has three themes: First Nations' traditional territory, the routes of proposed pipeline projects, both LNG and diluted bitumen, and it features a sub map that looks at what the map calls the "Troubled Salmon" fishery. […]
Analysis Monday's decision by LNG Canada to postpone the all-important Final Investment Decision for the Kitimat liguified natural gas project came as a momentary shock—but no real surprise. After the Brexit vote, you could see the hold button blinking from across the Atlantic. Andy Calitz CEO of LNG Canada and a long time, experienced, executive […]
In a two to one decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the Harper government's approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, finding that the federal government's consultation process with First Nations on the BC coast that occurred after the NEB decision and the Joint Review Panel Report was inadequate, saying: We conclude that Canada […]
The Environmental Protection Division of BC's Ministry of Environment is launching a major study of the water quality in the Kitimat valley, first on the Kitimat River and some of its tributaries and later on the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel. There has been no regular sampling by the province in Kitimat since 1995 (while […]