Kitimat

• ‘Way of life’: First ocean-going canoe in decades being built in Haisla Nation

  Colonial Canada tried to extinguish many traditional skills and practices of First Nations people. Now, two members of the Haisla Nation want to breathe new life into one of them.

  Perspectives

  Oct 27
  
• Haisla Nation aims to unlock ‘transformational’ opportunity with LNG pitch

  The Cedar LNG project isn't just about jobs. It's a means to another end entirely, Haisla Chief Coun. Crystal Smith tells Global News from the docks of Kitamaat Village.

  Economy

  Oct 25
  
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• More than boom and bust: A look at Kitimat’s ties to natural resource industries

  Towns like Kitimat are often labelled as "boom and bust," but residents say its relationship with industry is more nuanced than the way outsiders often describe it.

  Economy

  Oct 24
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• ‘I’m speaking for you now’: Haisla residential school survivors march for their ancestors

  At the Haisla Nation in Kitimaat, B.C., four residential school survivors share their stories of hurt, love and healing from trauma.

  Canada

  Sep 30
• Coastal GasLink pipeline project 98 per cent complete

  TC Energy Corp. says its Coastal GasLink pipeline project is 98 per cent complete and will be mechanically complete before the end of the year.

  Economy

  Sep 29
• B.C. raps Coastal GasLink with huge fine for false info, environmental deficiencies

  The project is permitted under Canadian law, but does not have the blessing of Wet'suwet’en Nation’s hereditary chiefs, whose unceded territory it crosses.

  Fire

  Sep 22
• 3 humpback whales struck in B.C. waters within 10 days last month

  The strikes reportedly took place along northern shipping routes near Prince Rupert and Kitimat between July 20 and 30. It's unclear if any of the whales survived.

  Environment

  Aug 8
• Strike averted: Staff at lodge for LNG workers in Kitimat, B.C. win 40% pay bump

  The workers' union, Unite Here Local 40, says in a statement the new deal was reached after mediation with the employer at the BC Labour Board.

  Economy

  Jul 26
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• Uncertain demand clouds future of Canada’s planned LNG exports, experts say

  Economists have said the gas shortage in Europe caused by the war in Ukraine is unlikely to exceed 10 years, while the rise of renewables will cut into demand from 2030 onward.

  Economy

  Jul 12
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• Staff at lodge for LNG workers approve strike, potentially disrupting Kitimat project

  Cedar Valley usually accommodates up to 5,000 workers for LNG Canada and is "the only accommodation facility in Kitimat large enough" to house so many people, according to a union.

  Economy

  Jul 11