Kitimat

• Evacuation orders in northwest B.C., as rivers rise

  Evacuation orders have been issued for three small communities in northwestern British Columbia as the flood risk rises across the region.

  Weather

  Jun 6
  
• 15 people charged with criminal contempt over B.C. pipeline protest, 10 others await fate

  The prosecution service says it will take four more weeks to decide if there's enough evidence to charge an additional 10 people, while two others won't be prosecuted.

  Crime

  Jun 1
  
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• Coastal GasLink pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. project

  A statement from the Environmental Assessment Office says more than 40 inspections have been carried out along the pipeline construction route since the project began in 2019.

  Environment

  May 9
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• Sections of B.C. LNG line complete, partnership on disputed portion: Coastal GasLink

  The company behind the Coastal GasLink liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia says it is nearing 65 per cent overall completion of the project.

  Canada

  May 4
• Mother of construction worker who died in Kelowna, B.C. crane collapse to speak

  There will be speakers from WorkSafe BC, the City of Kelowna and the North Okanagan Labour Council speaking in honour of a loved one who was injured or died.

  Education

  Apr 27
• Beloved B.C. captain, crew member lost in fatal tugboat incident remembered 1 year later

  The MV Ingenika sunk on Feb. 11, 2021, while pulling a barge through the Gardner Canal towards the Rio Tinto Kemano Generating Station south of Kitimat, B.C.

  Features

  Feb 11
• ‘It’s not a costume’: B.C. teacher’s alleged mocking of student’s Indigenous regalia sparks protest

  In a statement, the Haisla Nation said it is aware of the incident and has been in close contact with the school district. 

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2021
• Two arrested as academics share concerns over Indigenous artifacts at B.C. site

  RCMP are negotiating with demonstrators who have taken control of a Coastal GasLink construction site as tensions surrounding the natural gas project rise again.

  Environment

  Sep 30, 2021
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• Curtis Sagmoen removed from Kitimat work site after community outcry

  Gladys Radek said "he was removed by security immediately and escorted to the airport."

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Haisla woman, partner, sue B.C. health authority claiming racism, negligence in stillbirth

  The suit, filed by Sarah Morrison and her partner Ronald Luft in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday, alleges negligence and "deliberate racial indifference."

  Feb 12, 2021