Tag: Kitimat

Giant funds making billion dollar bids for stake in LNG Canada: reports

Three of the world’s biggest asset management funds are making multibillion dollar bids for a stake in LNG Canada, Reuters is reporting. The companies are Apollo Global Management, Blackstone  and ​KKR, Reuters said, quoting anonymous sources. Shell and the three companies would not comment to Reuters on the report. If the deal goes through it […]

BC's Energy Regulator orders LNG Canada to "address" black smoke emissions during flaring

  The British Columbia’s Energy Regulator issued an order on April 22, 2026, to LNG Canada to address instances of black smoke emissions during flaring at the site. A news release says BCER safety and compliance staff identified instances of non-compliance with the permit condition related to black smoke.The order requires LNG Canada to:Beginning April […]

Jeffery Epstein’s bank tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat, Justice Dept. files reveal

In 2011, J. P. Morgan Chase, Jeffery Epstein’s bank, tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat,  US Justice Dept files reveal. The Justice Department’s wide ranging release of files on convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has yielded a surprising footnote, the first hints of liquefied natural gas development in Kitimat. Epstein was […]

Danielle Smith rules out Kitimat for bitumen pipeline: CBC

CBC news reports from the Premier's conference that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters Thursday that she is not considering Kitimat, B.C., as a port for the proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as detailed in an agreement with Ottawa. Smith said she's weighing other options for the route, saying 'we're willing to go […]

Shell, Mitsubishi seeking buyers for stake in LNG Canada: Energy media reports

The energy media, including Reuters  and Upstream Online  are reporting that both Shell and Mitsubishi are looking to possibly sell off significant portions of their stake in LNG Canada. Petronas, another of the partners in LNG Canada, has already sold off 20 per cent of its stake in the project to a liquified natural gas […]

Joint Statement of Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat on Alberta Canada MOU

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 […]

Revival of Northwest Coast Energy News

With today's announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Canadian federal government and the government of Alberta, dicussions which excluded British Columbia and projects a new bitumen pipeline across northwest British Columbia, I am reviving Northwest Coast Energy News on a limited basis. I do not intend to do daily coverage as I did […]

Kitimat unveils metal memorial tree for missing and murdered indigenous women

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, […]

Can Kitimat's historic CN railway station be saved from demolition?

Analysis    (Long Read) A crowd gathers at the Kitimat CN Station sometime in 1955. This picture may be of the station opening since the windows and trim are unpainted. (Walter Turkenburg/Kitimat Museum & Archives. ) See Note 1. UPDATE:  There  will be a public meeting to discuss the future of the station in Kitimat on […]